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"Coyotes are making a comeback in the Bay Area and Northern California after decades of decimation by farmers and ranchers, who poisoned and hunted the feral ca
by deafpolygon 3y ago
"Coyotes are making a comeback in the Bay Area and Northern California after decades of decimation by farmers and ranchers, who poisoned and hunted the feral canines."
I do have a problem with this choice of word. Coyotes are not feral nor descended from any domesticated species. They're native (even stated as such in the article earlier).
- floxy 3y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feral https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feral
- halJordan 3y agoAnd if you'll pull back to sixth grade English you'll remember that connotations are just as valid as denotations. The phrasing is almost certainly pushing certain connotation and recognizing that is just as important as pulling up a dictionary.
- PaulHoule 3y agoBut they are journalists and they have editors so they should know better.