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.

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, 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.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

War on coyote management wages on in New England politics

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

The knee-jerk cliché “they were here first” argument may very well be a valid one, but it detracts from the core issue; how do we continue to live among what has become, for lack of a better term, an evolutionary unprecedented apex predator?

Furbearer Conservation

June 8, 2019

Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England

Hunting critics petition NH Fish and Game with new Coyote regulations

Furbearer Conservation

June 8, 2019

Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping, New England

An animal rights group in New Hampshire has petitioned the state’s Fish and Game Department over regulations for the hunting of coyotes in the state. The petition comes just a month and a half after the state’s legislators rejected a House Bill seeking to restrict coyote hunting in the state.