ANOTHER COYOTE HUNTING CONTEST BEING HELD BY A NEW MEXICO GUN SHOP … AND IT'S COME UNDER FIRE BY ANIMAL PROTECTION ADVOCATES. LARRY'S GUN SHOP IN ROSWELL IS HOLDING THE COMPETITION THIS WEEK. IT CALLS FOR TWO-MEMBER TEAMS TO HUNT DOWN COYOTES, AND THE TEAM THAT KILLS THE MOST COYOTES WILL WIN ASSAULT RIFLES. IT'S SIMILAR TO COYOTE HUNTS SPONSORED BY GUN SHOPS IN OTHER NEW MEXICO CITIES LAST YEAR THAT WERE ALSO CRITICIZED.
THE OWNERS OF LARRY'S GUN SHOP SAY THE CONTEST WILL HELP RANCHERS AND DAIRY FARMERS GET RID OF THE PREDATORS. PHIL CARTER WITH ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO CALLS IT "THRILL KILLING" THAT CELEBRATES THE DEATH OF ANIMALS.
