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Location
Corpus Christi, TX
Start Date
9-4-2007 12:00 AM
Description
A web site, www.CoyoteBytes.org, has been developed as a tool to provide science based management recommendations to homeowners and municipal officials on methods to reduce conflicts with coyotes (Canis latrans) in urban and suburban areas. Such conflicts include aggression toward or attacks on children and adults; attacks on pet dogs and cats; attacks on hobby animals, such as poultry, sheep, and goats; and damage to drip irrigation systems, garden crops, and to other resources. In addition to providing information, the website allows individuals to upload photos or video clips of urban and suburban coyotes, and to submit firsthand reports detailing the circumstances surrounding such conflicts. The information that will be collected concerning coyote encounters and incidents should, over time, provide a means for a more complete analysis of this problem, thereby improving our management recommendations.
Recommended Citation
Timm, R. M. (2007). CoyoteBytes.org: A new educational web site. In Nolte, D.L., Arjo, W.M., & Stalman, D. (Eds.), The Twelfth Wildlife Damage Management Conference (405-412). Corpus Christi, TX: National Wildlife Research Center.
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CoyoteBytes.org: A New Educational Website
Corpus Christi, TX
A web site, www.CoyoteBytes.org, has been developed as a tool to provide science based management recommendations to homeowners and municipal officials on methods to reduce conflicts with coyotes (Canis latrans) in urban and suburban areas. Such conflicts include aggression toward or attacks on children and adults; attacks on pet dogs and cats; attacks on hobby animals, such as poultry, sheep, and goats; and damage to drip irrigation systems, garden crops, and to other resources. In addition to providing information, the website allows individuals to upload photos or video clips of urban and suburban coyotes, and to submit firsthand reports detailing the circumstances surrounding such conflicts. The information that will be collected concerning coyote encounters and incidents should, over time, provide a means for a more complete analysis of this problem, thereby improving our management recommendations.