Posted on 09/23/2021 5:11:22 AM PDT by marktwain
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- In Vancouver, Canada, an infestation of urban coyotes, particularly in Stanley Park, has lead to dozens of attacks on humans by the coyotes since December of 2020. Over 45 attacks were reported as of September 1, 2021.
Most of the attacks involved adults, with five involving children. It is suspected a great many attacks have not been reported. The number of attacks in the last nine months is four times greater than the total of the previous 40 years, as reported in the Guardian. A local TV station reported on the attacks.
Although many encounters have likely gone unreported, so far 45 people, including five children, have been attacked by coyotes in Stanley Park.
The B.C. Ministry of Forests confirmed in a statement Wednesday that it is stepping in as soon as possible and “undertaking direct coyote management controls that include lethal removal to ensure human safety.”
The problem is not limited to Vancouver. The city of Pitt Meadows, a few miles to the North, is also experiencing problems.
From mapleridgenews.com: August 9, 2021
The City of Pitt Meadows is warning residents of coyotes on local trails.
At least one report has come in to the city of coyotes on the trails near Mitchell Park.
In an online post the city is asking residents to be cautious, to leash their pets and keep children close at all times.
This habituates coyotes to humans and associates humans with food. It is a contributor. This is not a new problem. It has been studied extensively.
The primary reason is *not* people feeding coyotes. It is the increase in the coyote population beyond the available food supply.
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Stock rifles and factory ammunition is so good, I expect you will get 1 MOA or less, from a good rest if you have a good scope and good technique.
I end up spending about as much on the optics as I do on the rifle...
Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid,
daß ich dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler, dem Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht,
unbedingten Gehorsam leisten und als tapferer Soldat bereit sein will,
jederzeit für diesen Eid mein Leben einzusetzen.
"I swear to God this holy oath
that I shall render unconditional obedience
to the Leader of the German Reich and people,
Adolf Hitler, supreme commander of the armed forces,
and that as a brave soldier I shall at all times be prepared to give my life for this oath."
“Prevent Humans from their natural defenses against animal predators”
Our natural defenses? Canada is stealing peoples’ fingernails and bicuspids???
“series of cayote attacks”
“shoot the cayotes”
Uh, this story is about coyotes.
Weapons and traps are natural defenses of humans. Preying upon animals is natural to humans.
When you deprive humans of weapons and penalize them for preying upon animals, you are depriving them of their natural defenses.
Coyotes? Heck with that, think of all the door to door solicitors that will never make more than one visit.
Not enough small critters around to keep them fed?
There are several mechanisms for this.
One is the predators harvest prey beyond its ability to reproduce. This is a relatively uncommon event.
Another is the prey population breeds beyond the ability of the environment to provide feed. This happens fairly often. Food supplies are highly variable, so prey populations have enough food in some seasons and some years, but not in others.
Another is a large prey population contracts disease, which spreads through the prey population, killing a large amount, maybe even more than 50%.
Another contributor is predator populations increase with readily available prey. It doesn't seen that is the major controlling factor for prey populations, but it is a contributor when prey populations crash. Suddenly, there are way more predators than there are prey to sustain them.
The predator populations then become hungry and desperate, and explore otherwise ignored possible food sources.
Took me a second. Heh. ;-)
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