The California superior court ruled that Monterey County violated the California Environmental Quality Act by failing to evaluate their contract with the Wildlife Services program….. Which relocates and kills some native California predators. The court determined that there is no evidence showing that predator control would not result in environmental damage. 88 percent of the animals that wildlife services handles are dispersed, but 11 percent are killed.
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, Monterey Wildlife Services has killed three mountain lions, two bobcats, and 105 coyotes in Monterey County between June 2014 and June 2015.
