About half a dozen of the competitors make raccoon hunting their full-time jobs, and almost everyone else here aspires to find a benefactor and go pro, too.

Red foxes killed by contestants in a hunting competition in Maryland. There is a proposal in Annapolis to ban wildlife hunting contests. (Humane Society of the United States) ...

New York lawmakers are considering a ban on hunting competitions that target wildlife such as coyotes and foxes. Animal rights advocates see the contests as senseless slaughter.

However, the hunting contests do not have a negative impact on the size of coyote populations. In the last 10 years, the annual coyote harvest has been less than 10 percent of the state's population.

Opponents want to put an end to annual events held around upstate New York that target wildlife like coyotes, rabbits, raccoons and foxes.

An image of a peregrine falcon chasing a butterfly, a vulture feasting on a black bear and a surfing penguin are among the winning images of Bird Photographer of the Year 2024.

Massachusetts wildlife regulators noted public concerns, such as encouraging indiscriminate killing, when it prohibited hunting contests for certain predators and furbearers in 2019.

Opponents want to put an end to annual events held around upstate New York that target wildlife like coyotes, rabbits, raccoons and foxes.Campaigns against the competitions often feature pictures ...

A Hawaii man has been sentenced for killing a pet pig during a hunting contest.

KOKA, Shiga -- A contest for ceramic "tanuki" raccoon dog statues will be held for the first time in this west Japan city, which boasts one of six ancient kilns in the country, and entries are ...