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Coyote at least has urbanized in southern california. Huge packs roam neighborhoods every night. Plenty of ample food from scavenging and live prey. No predator
by kjkjadksj 3y ago
Coyote at least has urbanized in southern california. Huge packs roam neighborhoods every night. Plenty of ample food from scavenging and live prey. No predators. No human hunting or seemingly any state sponsored culling.
- setgree 3y agoYep, coyotes are hardy, we have some in NYC as well [0]. Having said that, Wildlife Services kills tens of thousands annually [1] and wolves inhabit a much smaller range their historical distribution [2]. Instead of extirpated, I might have said "extirpated or highly curtailed the territory of" [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/science/coyotes-new-york-diets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/science/coyotes-new-york-... [1] https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/12/the-hired-gun-of-the-livestock-industry-this-feder/ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/12/the-hired-gun-... [2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/North_American_gray_wolf_subspecies_distribution_according_to_Goldman_%281944%29_%26_MSW3_%282005%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/North_Am...