This would be an…

This would be an unfathomable step backwards for animal welfare; for the dogs and for the coyotes, and let's not pretend like there won't be casualties. There are existing kennels for this sort of abhorrent practice, I cannot understand why on earth we would need more. And politically, who is asking for this!? What is the problem that this aims to solve? There are a ton of evidence-based practices for effectively managing human/coyote conflict that don't rely unleashing attack dogs - a deeply problematic practice regardless of the target. There was a day when supporting such a practice was political suicide, I'm deeply concerned that nearly 30 years after a conservative premier put restrictions on this practice it is gaining support again. We are better than this!