Aerial-gunning foes ask Obama to ban practice

A wildlife advocacy group has asked President Barack Obama to end aerial gunning of coyotes and other predators, citing an incident in Idaho where a shotgun-wielding parachutist fired on a wolf as an example of how the practice is rife with abuses. New Mexico-based WildEarth Guardians Friday asked Obama to issue an executive order. The group's 39-page petition also urged the president to banish spring-loaded sodium cyanide devices and other predator poisoning methods from federal public land, on grounds they're dangerous and indiscriminate...read more