1) Killing top predators, such as coyotes, bobcats and foxes, will greatly harm and offset the ecosystem.

2) Trophy hunting is senseless, cruel and unethical.

3) The top predators, that are targeted in this hunting competition, live in a part of Central New York that is not heavily populated by humans. These animals rarely come in contact with humans and infact avoid this kind of encounter at any cost. Therefore these animals cause no inehriant or immediate threat.