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Thursday, February 16, 2017 - February 22, 2017
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VOLUME 21, NO. 7
Protesters Blast Arcadia City Council Decision on Coyote Trapping
Direction became action in unannounced motion and $20,000 appropriation STORY BY DANIEL GARAY PHOTOS BY TERRY MILLER
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protest against the city council’s unanimous decision to trap coyotes once more took place on Feb. 15 in front of Arcadia City Hall. The protest, led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), was in opposition to the past and continued use of snare traps to catch coyotes. The animal rights group called the plan “costly, deadly, and ineffective.” Lisa Lange, Senior Vice President of Communications at PETA, said, “This was a rash and lazy decision. Staff researched that
Protesters from the San Gabriel Valley and all over the Greater LA area stood in support of PETA and Project Coyote gathered against Arcadia’s decision to reinstate coyote trapping.
lethal methods do not even work … Spending thousands of dollars on an ineffective plan is not just wasteful, it’s cruel.” The council meeting went on for five hours prior to discussion of the coyotes. A letter from PETA sent to Mayor Tom Beck and the City Council on Feb. 9 described the trapping plan “particularly inhumane,” due to the suffering ensued by activating a snare trap, and “indiscriminate,” due to the possibility of “nontarget” species. During the City Council SEE PAGE 11
– Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News