Encounter with a Human-Conditioned Coyote

By admin / April 26, 2025

A few weeks ago, our coyote response team had the unique opportunity to document and work with a human-conditioned coyote – a coyote that had learned (from humans) to associate people with food – handouts. In this video, we show how a human-conditioned coyote may readily approach a person for food, yet, it retains a…

Read More
Words Matter

Words Matter

By admin / April 7, 2025

The words we use when we speak about wildlife – especially species like the coyote – really matters. Language shapes perception – how we think and feel about something, so we should choose words wisely and with care. Accurate, objective language can not only reduce anxiety and unnecessary fear but also helps to foster a…

Read More
Death of Coyote Reveals Poisoned Landscape: New Law May Help

Death of Coyote Reveals Poisoned Landscape: New Law May Help

By admin / December 27, 2024

In the spring of 2023, Humane Wildlife Control Inc. was contracted by a small community just north of San Francisco to assess the coyote population and submit a plan for minimizing human-coyote conflicts. Our investigation revealed the heavily residential, island-like neighborhood was “home” to a single pair of coyotes – a male and female, mated…

Read More
Coyotes: Pasadena votes for non-lethal strategies

Coyotes: Pasadena votes for non-lethal strategies

By admin / July 19, 2023

Two articles about it:   City Council Approves Non-Lethal Solutions to Address Coyote Concerns in Pasadena   Pasadena City Council chooses non-lethal options to deal with coyotes

Read More
Who is coyote?

Who is coyote?

By admin / April 11, 2023

  If there is a single species on this planet who will test our own mettle as humans, who pushes us to understand instead of judge, to study instead of kill, to coexist instead of dominate, to become more thoughtful and less fearful, it is the coyote. ~ Jaymi Heimbuch From, Coyote Lives in Maine.…

Read More
Living In The Sticks

Living In The Sticks

By admin / April 10, 2023

A great post about our (CA’s) native rat. https://natureofaman.blogspot.com/2012/02/living-in-sticks.html

Read More
We must simply ban these poisons

We must simply ban these poisons

By admin / March 29, 2023

Garden Pesticide Use Harms Local Bird Populations, Study Authors Say “We Should Simply Ban These Poisons”

Read More
Killing is never an effective management tool

Killing is never an effective management tool

By admin / March 20, 2023

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/622820551/killing-coyotes-is-an-ineffective-management-tool-and-has-contributed-to-expansion-of-coyote-territory

Read More
Showcased in ShoutOut LA

Showcased in ShoutOut LA

By admin / March 7, 2023

Meet Rebecca Dmytryk | Wildlife Control Professional

Read More
Featured in VoyageLA

Featured in VoyageLA

By admin / November 22, 2022

Rising Stars: Meet Rebecca Dmytryk

Read More

Subscribe