Current loopholes in Indianas wildlife regulations allow the capture and killing of coyotes and red foxes by dogs in the wild. Moreover, no rule or law exists prohibiting the trapping and selling of coyotes and foxes in state or across state lines to penning facilities where these wild canines are then used to train hunting dogs in running pens. Operators of the running pens often charge a fee for individuals to train their hunting dogs on the captive coyotes and foxes. Penned wild canids are often killed by being torn apart by the dog pack. Other States are moving away from such barbaric activities such as the use of running pens.

As a society we have decided that dog and cock fighting are ethically indefensible and we have banned these practices nationwide. Setting dogs onto wild animals has no place in a civilised society.

YOUR HELP is needed ahead of a crucial meeting of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission on March 16th 2010. A decision will be made on two citizen petitions. One is to disallow running pens in Indiana and the other is to stop the killing of foxes and coyotes by dogs.

Please contact the NRC officials listed below and the Governor of Indiana in support of both petitions.

Email Jennifer Kane: jkane@nrc.in.gov
Email Sandra Jensen: sjensen@nrc.in.gov
Email Governor Mitch Daniels: mdaniels@gov.in.gov

Please enter your name, city and state when signing.

Thank You For Your Support!

What takes place in these fenced enclosures is nothing more than staged animal fighting. Up to hundreds of dogs have been released into these pens at a time and then scored on how they pursue the enclosed wildlife. If the animals were not killed by dogs, then fox and coyote pens would not keep a black market live sale of these animals growing, the way it is now.  And Indiana is reaping NO revenue from it! Yet taxpayer dollars are wasted by investigations of the pens when we complain!

Thank you for your consideration.