One of the problems with designating a new species is that - as already mentioned - someone will want that new species protected. These are coyotes, plain and simple, or on occasion, coyote-wolf or coyote-dog or wolf-dog hybrids, nothing more. Something that has been going on to one degree or another for a very long time.
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One of the problems with designating a new species is that - as already mentioned - someone will want that new species protected. These are coyotes, plain and simple, or on occasion, coyote-wolf or coyote-dog or wolf-dog hybrids, nothing more. Something that has been going on to one degree or another for a very long time.
It is kind of happening anyway here already but in a different way. It is nothing to see one or more in my back yard like this guy was right behind my barn or walking down my driveway. I remember watching a group of 5 a few times a week in the back field and there was a dog running with them
They have moved into town where no firearm etc can be discharged so really they are protected
It got so bad in my area a few years ago they were seen watching small kids waiting for school buses so they eventually let a trapper come in and he removed 34
All was good it seemed for a few years but I am hearing and seeing them now once again
Cheers
This story is becoming increasingly common across North America. Housing developments pushing out into habitat, habitat declining, reduced hunting/trapping pressure, extremely adaptable species, readily available food, etc = coyotes in urban/suburban areas.
Good looking coyote.
They've managed very well in the areas where the wolf has been extirpated. I expect that as long as wolf populations are healthy in certain places, those places won't see the same populations of coyotes as elsewhere. (Wolves being generally intolerant of them.)
