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Coyote Coexistence Plan 1Goals ................................................................................................................................................. 1Background ....................................................................................................................................... 1'LI¿FXOWLHV�0DQDJLQJ�:LOGOLIH ......................................................................................................... 2/LPLWV�RI�WKLV�0DQDJHPHQW�3ODQ ....................................................................................................... 2

The Coyote (Canis latrans) 3:KHUH�DUH�WKH�FR\RWHV�IRXQG" .......................................................................................................... 3:KDW�GR�FR\RWHV�ORRN�OLNH"� .............................................................................................................3:KDW�DUH�VLJQV�RI�FR\RWH�DFWLYLW\" ....................................................................................................4:KHUH�DQG�KRZ�GR�FR\RWHV�OLYH" ......................................................................................................5:KDW�LV�WKH�HFRORJLFDO�UROH�RI�WKH�FR\RWH" ........................................................................................5:KDW�DUH�KXPDQ�SHUFHSWLRQV�RI�FR\RWHV" .........................................................................................5+DV�WKH�FR\RWH�SRSXODWLRQ�LQ�6XSHULRU�LQFUHDVHG" ............................................................................6+RZ�KXPDQ�DFWLYLWLHV��DIIHFW�FR\RWH�EHKDYLRU ..................................................................................6

Coexistence Strategy 73XEOLF�(GXFDWLRQ�DQG�2XWUHDFK ........................................................................................................ 7$UHDV�RI�&RQFHUQ ..............................................................................................................................8 $WWDFN�5HVSRQVH�3ODQ .......................................................................................................................9&RORUDGR�/DZ ................................................................................................................................... 9

Hazing and Behavior Change 10Goals of Hazing ................................................................................................................................ 9 +D]LQJ�3URFHVV ................................................................................................................................. 9 2YHUYLHZ�RI�+D]LQJ ........................................................................................................................ 10

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“ Coyotes have much to teach us about peaceful coexistence and this is largely about altering human behavior and better understanding coyote behavior.”~ Dr. Marc Bekoff

Project Coyote Science Advisory Board

Limits of this Coexistence Plan

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What are signs of coyote activity?

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Removal of existing family groups opens up space for transients, and coyote numbers can be replaced rapidly when territories are no longer defended.

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What is the ecological role of the coyote?

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How do human activities affect coyote behavior?

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Have coyote numbers increased in the Town of Superior?

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The predominant responses of coyote populations to lethal control efforts are to increase: 1. The number of pups produced �UHFUXLWPHQW������,PPLJUDWLRQ�LQWR�WKH�FRQÀLFW�DUHD��DQG����,QFUHDVH�EHKDYLRUV�WKDW�IXUWKHU�H[DFHUEDWH�WKH�FRQÀLFW��&ROOHFWLYHO\��WKLV�results in higher predation rates on domestic livestock and wild ungulates [hoofed mammals].”

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~ Matthew E. Gompper,“Top Carnivores in the Suburbs? Ecological and Conservations Issues Raised by Colonization of North-North-Eastern America by Coyotes,” BioScience Vol. 52 no. 2 (Feb, 2002).

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“The loyalty of coyotes to their mates may be a key to their success in urban areas ... . Not only does a female coyote have the natural ability to produce large litters of young during times of abundance, such when living in food-rich cities, she also has a faithful partner to help raise them all.”

~ Cecilia Hennessy, Jean Dubach and Stanley D. Gehrt, Long-term pair bonding and genetic evidence for monogamy among urban coyotes (Canis latrans), 2012.

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Coyote Hazingfield guide

““Coyotes are naturally timid animals. Hazing is an

-Dr. Paul Paquet, Scientific Advisory Board, Project Coyote

““Knowledge conquers fear. Learning to haze empowers people and saves coyote lives.”-John Maguranis, Belmont, Massachusettes Animal Control Officer & Project Coyote MA Representative

““Coyotes are keenly intelligent, adaptable and resource-ful animals deserving of respect and appreciation.” -Camilla H. Fox, Executive Director, Project Coyote

Additional resourcesSuperiorcolorado.govCPW wildlife.state.co.us

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For more information about coexisting with coyotes visit www.ProjectCoyote.org/resources and the Town of Superior website at superiorcolorado.gov.

Please note that various projectiles, such as, but not limited to, slingshots and paintballs/guns may not be legal. Always check local regulations and always employ such techniques with care to ensure safety and to avoid injury.

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COYOTE/CANID-RELATED BOOK LISTbehavior of Wolves, dogs, and Related Canids by Michael W. Fox. Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, Florida, reprint edition 1984.biology and Conservation of Wild Canids, eds. D.W. MacDonald and C. Sillero-Zubiri. Oxford UP, 2004 Carnivore Conservation, eds. John L. Gittlenman, Stephen M. Funk, David MacDonald and Robert K. Wayne. Cambridge UP, 2001.Concepts In ethology: animal behavior and bioethics by Michael W. Fox. Krieger Publishing Co., Melbourne, Florida, second edition 1998.Coyote, a trickster tale from the american southwest by Gerald McDermott, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1994. (children’s book)Coyote Reader E\�:LOOLDP�%ULJKW��8QLYHUVLW\�RI�&DOLIRUQLD�3UHVV�������Coyotes: biology, behavior, and Management. Academic Press, by Bekoff, M. (ed.) New York. 1978. Reprinted 1990 by Academic Press and 2001 by Blackburn Press, West Caldwell, New Jersey. Coyotes in our Midst: Coexisting with an adaptable and Resilient Carnivore by Camilla H. Fox and Christopher M. Papouchis. Animal Protection Institute, Sacramento, California, 2005.Cull of the Wild: a Contemporary analysis of Wildlife trapping in the united states edited by Camilla H. Fox and Christopher M. Papouchis. Animal Protection Institute, Sacramento, California, 2004. don Coyote by Dayton O Hyde, Arbor House, New York, 1986.eastern Coyote: the story of its success by Gerry R. Parker, Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1995.giving birth to thunder, sleeping with his daughter by Barry Lopez, Avon Books, New York, 1981. god’s dog by Hope Ryden (foreword by Dr. Michael W. Fox), Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1975.Living with Coyotes by Stuart R. Ellins, University of Texas Press, 2005.Meet tricky Coyote!�E\�*UHWFKHQ�:LOO�0D\R��:DONHU�DQG�&RPSDQ\��1HZ�<RUN���������FKLOGUHQ¶V�ERRN��Noninvasive survey Methods for Carnivores, by Robert A. Long (Editor), Paula MacKay (Editor), Justina Ray (Editor), William Zielinski (Editor). 2008. Island Press. Washington, D.C.3HRSOH�DQG�3UHGDWRUV��)URP�&RQÀLFW�WR�&RH[LVWHQFH, eds. Nina Fascione, Aimee Delach and Martin E. Smith, Island Press, 2004.Predatory bureaucracy, by Michael J. Robinson, University Press of Colorado, 2005.suburban howls: tracking the eastern Coyote in urban Massachusetts by Jonathan G. Way (Foreword by Marc Bekoff), Dog Ear Publishing, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007.sundance Coyote by Michael W. Fox. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1974. (children’s book)7KH�&R\RWH��'H¿DQW�6RQJGRJ�RI�WKH�:HVW�by Francois Leydet, University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. the Voice of the Coyote by James Frank Dobie, Little Brown, Boston, 1949.the Wild Canids: their systematics, behavioral ecology and evolution by Michael W. Fox, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1974 (reprinted in 2009 by Dogwise Publishing).track of the Coyote by Todd Wilkinson. North Word Press, Inc, Wisconsin, 1995.Whitepaws: a Coyote-dog by Michael W. Fox. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, 1979. (children’s book)

Wild Justice — the Moral lives of animals by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce. The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Wild Neighbors: the humane approach to living with Wildlife by John Hadidian, Margaret Baird, Maggie Brasted, Lauren Nolfo-Clements, Dave Pauli, and Laura Simon. Humane Society Press, Washington, D.C. 2007.