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Coyotes

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Costs of Coyote Eradication in California and Texas

Costs of Coyote Eradication in California and Texas

Man descibes the cost of eradicating coyotes in California, versus Texas —

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BlM Ends Use of 'Cyanide Bomb' to Kill Coyotes and Other Predators, Citing Safety Concerns

“This article discusses the continuing ‘War on Wildlife’ being waged against predators by government agencies. These have done vast damage to wildlife. NOTE: this article was originally published to JHNewsandGuide.com on November 29, 2023. It was written by Scott Sonner. ALSO: an earlier version of this posted featured an

Wildlife Killing Contests - The Movie

"Invasion Biology"

Wildlife Killing Contests - The Movie

The polite and restrained movie appearing below is not anti-hunting. In fact, it should be mandatory viewing for all hunters and wildlife lovers. While most of the contests target predators, each shot fired damages the legacy—and future—of ethical hunting. Why? These contests have nothing to do with wildlife

A Death Of Ethics: Is Hunting Destroying Itself?

A Death of Ethics: Is Hunting Destroying Itself?

Quoting the article below, “Hunting historians today say Theodore Roosevelt, as a student of science, would embrace the knowledge that touts predators’ important ecological role. They say he would be opposed to predator-killing contests and be appalled by the practice of running down wolves and coyotes on snowmobiles. NOTE: this

Telling the Scientific Truth About Coyotes

Telling the Scientific Truth About Coyotes

“Coyote killing contests and indiscriminate coyote poisoning programs do not control coyote populations, and hurt the environment. NOTE: this article was originally published to SantaFeNewMexican.com on February 9, 2019. It was written by Mary Katherine Ray and David Parsons. Eva Woods’ op-ed (“Legislators, listen to agricultural, rural experts,” Looking

The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes

The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes

“An expert in wildlife management tells the stories of those who are finding new ways for humans and mammalian predators to coexist. NOTE: this book is available on Amazon.com Stories of backyard bears and cat-eating coyotes are becoming increasingly common—even for people living in non-rural areas. Farmers anxious

Rise of the Golden Jackal

"Invasion Biology"

Rise of the Golden Jackal

The golden jackal is Europe’s coyote. Like coyotes in North America, golden jackals are spreading because: (1) Mother Nature abhors a vacuum, and (2) natural systems require predators. When looked at this way, the golden jackal’s spread into empty biological pockets created by the eradication of native predators

"Invasion Biology"

Coyotes Conquered North America. Now They’re Heading South.

Most landowners and wildlife managers think that killing coyotes is a good practice. They are mistaken – to put it mildly – that coyote ‘control’ is even possible. The more coyotes we kill, the faster coyotes breed. Biologists say we would need to kill 75% of all coyotes every year for 50-years

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"Invasion Biology"

Book Review of "Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History"

Paraphrasing a reader: “A wonderful book on coyotes, which covers several broad themes: coyote resilience, coyote individualism, coyote biology (including a little evolution, the science of which is easily understood), coyotes and people (in the broad sense—native American tales, coyotes in the city and more). Much of the book

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"Invasion Biology"

Urban Coyote: Myth or Fact?

Surprising facts about coyotes.

Stop Killing Coyotes

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Stop Killing Coyotes

As repeatedly shown, predator “control” harms the species we seek to protect. In addition, there is the ethical issue of the control methods used, which true hunters would neither use, nor tolerate. NOTE: This post initially appeared on NYTimes.com on August 11, 2016 One morning in the late 1930s,

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Circle Ranch Game Cameras: March 15, 2014

Here are links to some great pictures of many species sharing water and habitat at the Circle Ranch. Several, like aoudad and bighorn, are thought to be hostile to each other, and incompatible: That belief is wrong, as these photos show. Diablo Peak: Sheep Tank: Tres Papalotes: Bezos Fenceline: Oncie