Coyote America
by Dan Flores · first published 2016
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Why HN recommends it
Traces the coyote's spread across North America despite extermination campaigns, covering both its natural and cultural history. The account is eye-opening on how coyotes adapted to control efforts.
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A few years ago I read Coyote America, by Dan Flores. A large portion of this book is dedicated to Wildlife Services efforts to cull the Coyote. They've been fantastically unsuccessful in this effort, most likely due to behavioral quirk of…
on “Wildlife Services, a US agency planting 'cyanide bombs' to kill predators” ↗I highly recommend the book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores. I had no idea of what coyotes went through in the recent history in America.
on “M44 (Cyanide Device)” ↗Check out Coyote America by Dan Flores. It's an amazing account of the coyote's spread across the continent in the face of extreme pressure to extirpate it in the west.
on “The eastern coyote, a wild N. American canine with coyote-wolf and dog parentage” ↗There is a pretty good book about the history of the Coyote - Coyote America by Dan Flores.
on “Too Clever by Half” ↗For those interested on the more-fascinating-than-you-might-assume history of coyotes I suggest you read Coyote America by Dan Flores. There is also a fantastic podcast episode that hits the high points of the book: http://www.themeateater.com/podcasts/episode-033/
on “Too Clever by Half” ↗My wife read a book called Coyote America [1] a while back that was really interesting from what she told me of it. One thing that I thought was really interesting is that coyotes responded to population control / elimination efforts by just…
on “Scaring Animals Can Help Save Them” ↗In the book Coyote America [1] the author goes into detail about these Red Wolves. One of the problems with raising pristine Red Wolves in the wild is their penchant for mating with Coyotes. The author went on to lament the Red…
on “Scientists Find Red Wolf DNA in a Unique Group of Wild Dogs in Texas” ↗