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Jeff Traynor / At Large

February 27, 2020

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, Discussion, Headlines, Legislation, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Recent coyote conflict highlights coexistence conundrum with charismatic canines

Jeff Traynor / At Large

February 27, 2020

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, Discussion, Headlines, Legislation, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

This dichotomy of differing levels with regard for the coyote further polarizes the debate. There’s a lot of people who truly love coyotes, and a lot of people who truly hate ‘em. This makes for quite the balancing act for impartial wildlife professionals when the topics of management, regulated cull, and public safety-driven pest control begin to swirl in the same social cauldron.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 22, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, North America, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

CSI Wilderness: Researchers use predator spit to ID kill sites

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 22, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, North America, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

A newly released study aims to utilize DNA extraction from saliva at prey kill sites to help identify predator species. Of an acquired 53 recent hare kills, researchers managed to get positive IDs on 31 of them. Laurel Peelle’s research is published in the September 2019 Wildlife Society Bulletin.