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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
The state has declared open season on coyote. They can be shot or trapped. They can be taken at night with light and gun, which is not true of most game animals.
Removing coyotes is an inefficient and ineffective method to control populations. New coyotes move into areas where others have been removed. When there is pressure (such as trapping) placed on coyote populations, the species can actually produce more pups per litter in response and populations can quickly return to original size.
Can you name any place that had a "coyote problem" that addressed the problem and is now coyote free?
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most only spend money on bringing awareness on how to live with coyote in their urban area. I have done quite a bit of reading up on this (we have an abundance of them in MI so this is an area of interest for me) and haven't run across any recent successful attempts taken on to reduce the population of urban coyote population. Most admit they can't get the funding or the studies are stopped by concerned citizens.