January 6, 2025
Tag: coyote
Urban coyote management requires community-based collaborative approaches
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin reviews Cities and the Environment paper that indicates how communities can successfully coexist with coyotes.
June 17, 2024
Three behaviours people mistake for aggression in coyotes
It makes sense to feel worry – but understanding coyote behaviour can alleviate much of it!
May 29, 2024
Perceptions of Urban Coyotes in Ontario with Nicole Murphy + Dr. Stephanie Rutherford
Nicole Murphy, recipient of The Fur-Bearers’ Science Scholarship, shares the results of her thesis project exploring perceptions of urban coyotes.
May 27, 2024
Science scholarship supports coyote research in Ontario
Nicole Murphy’s research looks into how the public perceives coyotes, and how the media may impact these perceptions..
May 21, 2024
The Fur-Bearers’ scholarship supports research on coyote coexistence
Graduate research contributes to coyote-human coexistence by examining people’s attitudes and emotions toward coyotes.
February 6, 2024
Thunder Bay taking coyote feeding seriously
Belief that feeding is harmless is a driving factor behind conflicts, deaths of wildlife.
January 31, 2024
Can leg-hold traps harm coyotes and other wildlife?
This post fact-checks a statement that padded leg-hold traps aren’t painful for coyotes.
January 29, 2024
Shifting perspectives: Coyotes aren’t luring your dog and other myths busted
When we consider wildlife interactions from a wild viewpoint, the narrative changes, particularly for pet owners.
January 2, 2024
Kibble and peanuts: Necropsy reveals coyote fed before bite
A coyote was consuming anthropomorphic foods leading up to biting child in Port Coquitlam in May.
June 5, 2023
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
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
