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Highlights

  • The coyote (Canis latrans) is the only canid to arise, adapt, and remain continuously in North America (Wang et al 2008)

  • Primary news articles reviewed from the recent Canadian print media predominantly focused on negative interactions between humans and coyotes

  • We suggest that a more balanced approach to reporting is required if coexistence with coyotes is to be less acrimonious in urban settings

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Introduction

The coyote (Canis latrans) is the only canid to arise, adapt, and remain continuously in North America (Wang et al 2008). Coyotes have become an increasing management concern because their significant behavioural plasticity allows them to live in cities (Bekoff and Gese 2003). While this resilient character earned it a central, revered place in the culture and mythology of indigenous peoples from the Athabaskans of the far north to the Zapotecs of southern Mesoamerica (Dobie 1949, Cadieux 1983, Walker 1994), the European regime has subjected the coyote to extreme persecution: For forty-five years, Uncle Sam has fought a war against coyotes ... Don’t tell me that we didn’t lose that war (Cadieux 1983, p. 51)

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