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Black rhino walking in Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Rhinos

One of the largest living land mammals, rhinoceroses once shared the earth with saber-toothed cats and the earliest humanlike apes.

Illustration of a man carrying a dead coyote among other participants of a wildlife killing contest

Facts about wildlife killing contests

WARNING: This page contains graphic content. What are wildlife killing contests? While contests like dogfighting and cockfighting have been condemned in the U.S. as barbaric and cruel, wildlife killing contests still happen regularly in almost all of the 42 U.S. states they are legal in. Killing...

Undercover investigation exposes Maryland wildlife killing contests where animals are killed, counted and disposed of for prizes, cash and bragging rights

WASHINGTON - The Humane Society of the United States released today the results of a disturbing undercover investigation into two wildlife killing contests in Frederick County and in Waldorf, Maryland. Investigators documented the judging portions of the events, with participants lining up rows of...

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