Past Legislative Sessions
2019 Legislative Session
H.190 To establish the Vermont Working Group on Wildlife Governance
• Supporting documentation for H.190 from Vermont Wildlife Coalition
S.29 To restrict the sale of products and parts of the most at-risk species.
H.357 Bill to prohibit wanton waste
• Learn about wanton waste here
H.411 An act relating to nuisance wildlife and trapping
• Why regulations are needed on "nuisance" wildlife trapping.
• "Support H.411", sponsored by Rep. Jim McCullough
H.410 An act relating to hunting and trapping
• Shorten the bear hound training season by two months, allowing sows to tend to their cubs
• Bear hounds may only be registered under one permit
• Require that someone who is trapping “nuisance” wildlife for compensation has a license specific to that activity and pay a fee
1/25/19 Latest legislative efforts: to read more, click here
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2018 Legislative Session
Federal bill H.R. 1438: The refuge from cruel trapping act
H.262: An act relating to the licensing of nuisance wildlife control operators
H.60: An act relating to the hunting of coyotes
Additional Reading/Listening for H. 60:
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POW President's video testimony on Vermont’s Coyote hunting policy to the House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife, 1/25/18
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POW's Verbal testimony on Vermont’s Coyote hunting policy to the House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife, 1/25/18
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The Facts about Coyotes or Coy Dogs
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Indiscriminate Killing of Coyotes Doesn't Work (HSUS, Feb. 2017)
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Support H.60 to Reform Coyote Hunting (HSUS
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POW 1.30.2018 verbal testimony to the legislature on trapping bills, H.262 & H.590
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VT Coyote Coexistence Coalition testimony in opposition to the current open season on coyotes and coyote killing contests
H.220: An act related to the sale of ivory or rhino horn
H.336: An act relating to membership of the Fish & Wildlife Board
H.590: An act relating to the incidental trapping of fur-bearing animals or other wildlife
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