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Coyotes are preying on Canada geese, rats, and household pets they find in the suburbs and even big cities.
This piece takes us to the city and the suburbs where coyotes are being sighted and being tracked. Researchers are collaring the animals to watch their behavior. Coyote numbers have been increasing during the last 20 years and some of them are finding new homes in the parks, golf courses, and abandoned properties in and near urban areas.
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Coyotes are preying on Canada geese, rats, and household pets they find in the suburbs and even big cities. This piece takes us to the city and the suburbs where coyotes are being sighted and being tracked. Researchers are collaring the animals to watch their behavior. Coyote numbers have been increasing during the last 20 years and some of them are finding new homes in the parks, golf courses, and abandoned properties in and near urban areas.
Broadcast History
Offered to GLRC stations in April 2006.
Transcript
As wildlife habitat is displaced by subdivisions, some animals are adapting to their new surroundings. That's created new food for some kinds of predators, such as coyotes. The GLRC's Lester Graham reports on how their range is expanding:
Wile E. Coyote hasn?t always had the greatest life out in the wild.
(Sound of Roadrunner)
So? some coyotes are moving into the city, and why not? There?s a smorgasbord for coyotes in the city.
(Sounds of ducks and geese)
We?re in Lincoln Park in downtown Chicago. Coyotes are occasionally sighted around here. Rob Curtis has seen one in his neighborhood a few miles north of here, but the wildlife photographer had a close encounter with a coyote here in Lincoln Park.
"Well, I knew that it was living there because people had seen it before, but I hadn?t seen it. And then, I was trying to photograph a rare bird that was in front of th...
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Posted on September 28, 2006 at 01:55 PM | Permalink
Review of Wily Coyotes in the City
Wily Coyotes in the City alerts us all to the growing problem of coyotes in American cities. Though this piece focuses on the Midwest, I live in Los Angeles and know that we have coyotes out here too. I've seen them. In fact, my girlfriend saw one take a kitty one day. It was horrible.
Anyway, this piece alerts us to the growing problem of coyotes in the city and what law enforcement and researchers are doing about it. It's an important topic and this piece would fit into any program about wildlife, the environment or community problems.