As someone who lives next to…

As someone who lives next to a field with a coyote family, I understand the unique challenges that comes with cohabiting with canids. But learning to coexist is possible and should be the goal for everyone living in coyote country in Ontario.
Recently, some people in my area have begun setting up RCRs in public forests to harm the coyotes. This practice needs to be shut down. Not only is it barbaric (and risks harming family dogs in off leash spaces) it is punishing coyotes for human ignorance.
Coyotes are important keystone predators in our ecosystem and we need to protect them.
Moreover, we need to staunchly oppose the rise in ill-informed, misguided vigilante violence against a group of animals who are unable to defend themselves.

Thank you for your consideration.