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.

Furbearer Conservation

January 20, 2020

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Predator Management, Suburbanization

String of coyote attacks reported in New Hampshire neighborhoods

Furbearer Conservation

January 20, 2020

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Predator Management, Suburbanization

Police in Kensington, New Hampshire, took to social media to advise the public on keeping pets and children indoors after they say a coyote attacked a 62-year-old woman and her dog Monday morning. The same coyote is suspected of attacking a car in Hampton Falls earlier this morning.

Jeff Traynor / At Large

December 26, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, New England, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Rough Cuts, Wildlife Management

Popularity Contest: MA hunting contest ban is latest “societal” quagmire

Jeff Traynor / At Large

December 26, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, New England, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Rough Cuts, Wildlife Management

Despite the immense benefits regulated hunting promotes, concern over protections for the natural world become more polarized as society drifts farther and farther away from these subsistence activities. This includes any perceived “perversion” of natural resources - backing both the greater hunting community and wildlife management professionals into a corner with regard to what should or should not be tolerated.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 6, 2019

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, General Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, National, North America, Predator Management, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Conservancy curbs coyote abundance with bid to save sea turtles

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 6, 2019

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, General Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, National, North America, Predator Management, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Staff members with the Bald Head Island Conservancy worked through the summer to ward off hungry coyotes on sea turtle nests with non-lethal hazing techniques unsuccessfully. The Conservancy now turns to trappers to assist with managing abundant predator populations to conserve endangered species.