ACTION ALERT: Ontario Bill 91 puts wildlife at risk
Portion of bill allows creation of new and sale of existing dog trial and train area licenses, where wild captured foxes and coyotes are used to train dogs to hunt them.
May 17, 2023
Tag: coyote
Coexistence means keeping wildlife wild
Articles by The Fur-Bearers have prompted questions regarding what coexistence is and isn’t.
May 15, 2023
Top 4 Coyote Coexistence Articles
Help your community coexist by learning about coyotes and their behaviours with these popular articles from charity The Fur-Bearers.
May 10, 2023
Open Letter: Park Board can take proactive action for coyote coexistence
Recent media reports suggest an increase in coyote activity in the Kitsilano area. Today, the Park Board has an opportunity to be proactive and prevent negative encounters by mitigating problematic human behaviour and ensuring ecologically sound management practices are in place.
April 20, 2023
Coexisting: Coyotes in parks
Wildlife don’t want to be near people or pets, but off-leash dogs and feeding of animals can change reactions.
April 17, 2023
Educational tools available to help communities coexist with coyotes
The Fur-Bearers remind residents that feeding changes the behaviour of wildlife and is often a pre-cursor to negative encounters leading to coyotes’ deaths.
December 13, 2022
ACTION ALERT: End Coyote Trapping in Ottawa
The Fur-Bearers are encouraging residents to contact Council and Mayor after Coyote Watch Canada found a coyote struggling in a neck snare.
November 29, 2022
Killing won’t solve negative encounters with wildlife
Coyote Watch Canada and The Fur-Bearers appeal to City of Ottawa to use coexistence solutions, not lethal control, to end negative encounters.
October 13, 2022
Wildlife encounters are preventable if timely action is taken
Coyote Watch Canada and The Fur-Bearers call for transparency and quicker response to feeding in the future in Burlington.
September 21, 2022
Media blames coyotes for off-leash dog encounter
An off-leash dog, out of sight of their human companion, got in a fight with two coyotes – and the media is blaming the coyotes.
March 15, 2022
Plans for coexistence in Stanley Park released by staff
Park Board staff last night presented their next steps and strategy for coexisting with coyotes in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
March 1, 2022
Lawsuit slams government for allowing coyote hunting contest
Animal Justice, The Fur-Bearers, and Coyote Watch Canada are suing the Ontario government over its decision to allow a coyote hunting contest to take place throughout the month of February.
February 24, 2022
ACTION ALERT: Tell Ontario to Enforce Killing Contest Laws
Take action to tell your MPP and the Ministry to enforce laws that can stop a coyote killing contest in Ontario.
January 20, 2022
Coyote Portrayals In Media, Ten Years Later
Dr. Shelley Alexander shares her views of a 10-year-old media content analysis, her own experiences with sensationalism and how they’ve impacted her role as a researcher and educator.
October 25, 2021
Coexistence is a daily intention
Strategies to live alongside wildlife aren’t failing; it’s time for them to begin in earnest.
October 6, 2021
The Fur-Bearers’ Stanley Park Coyotes Update
Executive Director Lesley Fox shares our history on this issue over the last year and what’s next. Also, psychotherapist Stephanie McMahon discusses grieving for the coyotes.
September 8, 2021
Stanley Park: What you can do to help the coyotes
Five ways you can help ensure that this situation is never repeated and protect the long-term health of Stanley Park and its inhabitants.
September 6, 2021
Science: Culls aren’t effective long-term solutions
Removing coyotes from an ecosystem doesn’t change the human impacts on the ecosystem and creates an opportunity for more coyotes to return.
September 3, 2021
The Fur-Bearers’ statement on Stanley Park coyotes
Following the announcement that more coyotes will be killed, we are left feeling anger, sadness and frustration that opportunities to prevent this outcome were ignored or missed.
September 2, 2021
Watch media sensationalize a coyote story on live television
Dr. Shelley Alexander’s nuanced explanations of coyote behaviour filtered down to one simplistic statement while interviewing on Morning Live.
August 31, 2021
Coyotes in Stanley Park with Dr. Kristen Walker
This special report is an evidence-based conversation with a researcher who’s on the ground in BC’s Stanley Park, gathering data about coyotes, park use, and changing behaviour.
August 19, 2021
The media needs to ask: where’s the food?
Wildlife “attacks” make for great headlines, but often, investigations show food plays a significant role.
July 29, 2021
Open letter: Vancouver Park Board can be part of the solution
Dear Park Board Commissioners, It was with sadness and frustration that we read the Conservation Officer Service trapped and killed four coyotes in Stanley Park
July 16, 2021
Four coyotes killed in Stanley Park
The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) has killed four coyotes in Stanley Park and will continue using trapping and killing more. The live traps being
July 15, 2021
