And I thought the story was about immigrant smugglers. Damn.
Were they home grown or crossing the border illegally. Oh, thats right, coyotes don't vote, yet!
Long overdue. Wolves need to be next.
Ranchers are sustaining immense losses to these predators, both of them. Then their ranches are trashed by the illigal intruders coming in from Mexico.
"Aerial gunning is the cheapest and most efficient way to kill and remove coyotes, allowing agents to ensure they don't hit other wildlife, Howes said."
I was born out west and I do not like coyote. That said, I imagine letting the cowmen kill them would be far cheaper. After all, it's their cattle.
Be a good place for a gunship training squadron
Awwwwwww.
it will not even put a dent in the illegals coming across.... Mexico is in the process of training 70,000 more coyotes... read it right here on this forum this week.
wrong type of coyotes....okay never mind.
I wonder if they will burn the ADC offices in Arizona like they've done in Washington?
Muleteam1
A bit more expensive than allowing the comeback of trapping on public lands. I know the Arizona Game & Fish has programs in place using predator callers and organizing area hunts to help with Antelope fawn survival in northern AZ. I just wonder why something similar wasn't tried here?
www.azpredatorcallers.com/
in the Jan. 2006 newsletter
"...our 3rd Annual Save-A-Fawn event, provide our members with places the department wishes us to call to save the department valuable manpower and money in aerial gunning for coyotes. We could save the department from $10,000 to as much as $30,000 by having a good harvest of predators January 14th and 15th, 2006.Please plan to attend."
Coyotes are still considered a nuisance animal in Arizona; you can hunt them without a permit, and most counties still offer a small bounty on the hides.
On a side note. Here is a pic of a Black Coyote. Kinda interesting. Never seen a black one before.
http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/display_picture.php?id=1357
'They call the program inhumane and ineffective'
Sounds like the press are 'oh for two' describing this program.
One shot, one kill. How is that inhumane?
***Environmentalists were upset that the government gave no advance public notice. They call the program inhumane and ineffective. ***
200 less meat eaters to worry about! Sounds effective to me!
Do they not have a coyote hunting season. We do in Arkansas. Plus anyone can get a deprivation permit and shoot them year round.
I live about 25 miles west of the ocean in south east Florida. It is country here and at night especially on a full moon you can hear coyotes here. Have seen a few run over by trucks on the roads too.
Can be scary when you see a few of them roaming together.
Should be shot along with the other kind of coyotes.