US program resulted in thousands of animal deaths last year
From chron.com in Houston, Texas:
More than 1.75 million animals were killed across the country by the department in 2021, about 200 creatures every hour, according to the latest annual toll of animals killed by Wildlife Services, a department within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Wildlife Services says it “provides wildlife damage management assistance to protect agriculture, natural resources, property and health and safety” through the implementation of “integrated wildlife damage management programs.” The department says the killing and euthanizing of animals is necessary to protect agricultural output, threatened species and human health.
