Summary
While urban encounters include stories of injured or missing pets, farmers are dealing with a major rise in livestock loss affecting their livelihoods. Prone normally to avoid human contact, coyotes are packing up and becoming bolder -- coming into yards in daylight while families are outside. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association has been working on this issue for the last few years. "We have lobbied the government to take action," says Sheila Mowat, general manager of MCPA. "We need to implement a predator control program to help protect the livelihood of our producers and keep people safe."
Let's clear that up. The bounties are intended to restore a good, healthy wildlife ecosystem, which is no longer in balance. "Our position is not broad-stroke elimination," says Mowat, "but to gain control on an individual basis. The population mismanagement is resulting in detriment to the industry and to the welfare of these animals -- the fact that so many have mange is an indicator that the problem has gone from bad to worse. And we also don't want to see this issue escalate to human tragedy, as it did on the East Coast."See the full content of this document
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Put Bounties On Wolves, Coyotes
The coyote and timber wolf population in Manitoba has grown out of control. Those distant howls heard from deep within the bush are now being replaced by numerous accounts of coyotes staking out farmyards ...
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