COMMENTARY: Sen. Williams—we will not “get over it”
The new vice-chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Terry Williams, R-Poultney, kicks off the legislative session with a rude and dismissive response to a constituent's concerns about trapping.
LETTER: State to review petition to end trapping of fisher
To the community: It shouldn’t have to come to this. Why does it take Protect Our Wildlife, an all-volunteer Vermont nonprofit, to petition the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife to get them to protect Vermont’s imperiled wildlife?
Op-Ed: Wildlife governance needs to reflect modern attitudes, values
The values that the public holds toward wildlife can be broken out into four different categories: traditionalists, mutualists, pluralists and distanced.
OPINION: Trapping season starts Oct. 28; baited traps threaten all animals
Vermont’s trapping season begins on the fourth Saturday of October and runs through March 31 each year.
COMMENTARY: Proposed state trapping and coyote hunting regs don’t improve animal welfare or public safety
Wildlife advocates were excited at the prospect of two wildlife-protection bills during the 2022 legislative session: S.201, a ban on leghold traps and S.281, a ban on coyote hounding.
OPINION: Keep pets safe during trapping season, Oct. 23 - March 31
Stowe — Trapping season starts on the fourth Saturday of October each year in Vermont and runs through March 31. Each trapping season, dogs, cats, and other non-targeted animals, including protected species, are injured or killed in traps.
Vermont needs leaders to be a voice for wildlife
Vermont – our “brave little state” – has been a leader on so many fronts, unafraid to challenge certain “traditions.