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Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by MikeKusold on Sunday January 26, 2020 @10:22AM (#22152447)
Once coyotes establish themselves, you can never get rid of them. If you try to exterminate them, they just start having larger litters until their population recovers. They are adaptable and cunning. I hope that South America’s animals are ready for them, because they can permanently change an ecosystem.
Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by pvaldes on Sunday January 26, 2020 @11:27AM (#22152862)
Big Felines and wolves erradicate it. Is just that we, humans are not good at that.
Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by chrisco255 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:23PM (#22153282)
Big felines and wolves don't do well in urban/suburban environments. Coyotes do.
Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by erikpukinskis on Sunday January 26, 2020 @10:16PM (#22156629)
The irony: we kill large scary predators, but inevitably medium sized predators replace them. People and cattle are not terrorized but our Shih Tzus and kitty cats are.
Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by pvaldes on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:34AM (#22158170)
Yep, It even has a name in Ecology: Mesopredator release. You can have one wolf or "twenty" coyotes in the same area.
Re:Coyotes Poised to Infiltrate South America by oflannabhra on Sunday January 26, 2020 @01:44PM (#22153806)
Yep. Coyote population is purely tied to resource availability, which unfortunately can include domesticated animals.

Any farmer will tell you that security is more important than hunting for coyotes.