The Cape Wildlife Center's Wildlife Advocacy program monitors
wildlife and land management on Cape Cod, and advocates humane
and environmentally sound policy.
Sometimes we offer resources to towns or individuals. When
Plymouth, Massachusetts, selectmen held a meeting about a
territorial swan, we offered to provide aversive conditioning
as an alternative to killing the animal. The selectmen agreed
and left the bird on the river with his mate.
Other times, an institutional change is necessary. For
example, in our ongoing efforts to stop the stocking of
farm-raised pheasants on the Cape Cod National Seashore, we
have submitted testimony to the National Park Service (which
administers the park), organized letter-writing campaigns, and
filed a lawsuit.
Whether we're submitting testimony on a management plan to a
state wildlife agency or meeting with local residents to avert
problems before they begin, our goal is always the same: to
make Cape Cod a more hospitable and humane place to live, for
people and wildlife.
