The fourth annual DKD Coyote Tournament is set to take place in Alberta Beach this Saturday, January 10th, 2015. Teams of two hunters pay a $50 entry fee and are then permitted to come onto a property and kill as many coyotes as they can.
The winners take home 50 per cent of the proceeds, the second-place team pulls in 30 per cent and the third-place team 20 per cent. Hunters can also claim cash prizes of $5 per person for each of the biggest, smallest, mangiest, and "wild card" animals killed in the contest.
It's legal in Alberta, Canada to kill coyotes on private land without a licence as long as the owner has given consent. The provincial government isn't concerned about the inhumanity of the tournament and, though they may wish to reduce the province's coyote population, this method has been proven ineffective. See: http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/coyotes/tips/against_killing_coyotes.html. Let's make them aware of our thoughts on this barbaric event!
