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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1780811" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/coyotes-sharpshooters-nahant-massachussets.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>If you can't get it to load, some town called Nahant Mass has 'a problem' with about 10 coyotes. Some have asked the feds to come in a shoot them. Others in the town are horrified at the prospect of govt 'sharpshooters'.</p><p>[partial copy of the article]</p><p></p><p><em>NAHANT, Mass. — When coyotes approach children playing in the park, as they do with unnerving frequency in this tiny coastal town north of Boston, Kellie Frary springs into action, trying to drive the animals off while another adult quickly gathers Ms. Frary's day care group.</em></p><p><em>"I don't want to have to make that phone call, to tell a parent, 'The coyote picked your kid,'" said Ms. Frary, a lifelong resident of Nahant, where 3,000 people inhabit one square mile.</em></p><p><em>No humans have been harmed by Nahant's coyotes, estimated to number about a dozen. But after the disappearances of more than two dozen pets in roughly two years — and reports of three brazen, fatal attacks this year on leashed dogs accompanied by their owners — the town is ever more on edge. Its isolated geography — Nahant is essentially an island connected to the mainland by a narrow, 1.5-mile causeway — contributes to the sense of menace felt by some residents.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Compact, densely populated and surrounded by water, it is a hard place for coyotes to leave, and a hard place for them to remain mostly invisible to humans, as they often do in cities and more sprawling suburbs, wildlife experts said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Earlier this month, Nahant's three-member Board of Selectmen voted to enlist federal sharpshooters to track and kill some of the coyotes, making Nahant the first municipality in Massachusetts to seek the expert help through a new state partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Opponents have argued for a more humane approach, hoisting<a href="https://www.itemlive.com/2022/12/18/nahant-residents-balk-at-boards-coyote-plan/" target="_blank"> handmade "Save The Nahant Coyotes" signs</a> near the causeway into town.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Francene Amari-Faulkner, a resident who has organized protests against the plan, said false claims and exaggeration have fueled hysteria and a rush to drastic measures. "If the town brings in sharpshooters, it's going to be a bloodbath," she said, "because then other towns will say, 'We can do that too.'"</em></p><p></p><p>(and there's a downside to this?)</p><p></p><p><em>While a coyote problem on a peninsula jutting into the sea may be less than typical, human aversion to the species is well established. Coyotes have long been viewed as a nuisance, and millions have been poisoned, shot and trapped by frustrated or frightened humans trying to control their population.But their signature trait may be their persistence. By the 1950s, they had pushed east into Massachusetts; by 2000, they were present everywhere in the state except the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, according to the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Tony Barletta, Nahant's town administrator, takes pains to remind residents there is no going back: Coyotes will remain, long after a handful are eliminated. And like it or not, residents will have to find a way to live alongside them.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We fully expect to have them here in town," Mr. Barletta said at a meeting of the Board of Selectmen last week. "Just because you're afraid of coyotes doesn't mean it's a problem, and that's a tough thing to explain to residents."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1780811, member: 18945"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/coyotes-sharpshooters-nahant-massachussets.html[/URL] If you can't get it to load, some town called Nahant Mass has 'a problem' with about 10 coyotes. Some have asked the feds to come in a shoot them. Others in the town are horrified at the prospect of govt 'sharpshooters'. [partial copy of the article] [I]NAHANT, Mass. — When coyotes approach children playing in the park, as they do with unnerving frequency in this tiny coastal town north of Boston, Kellie Frary springs into action, trying to drive the animals off while another adult quickly gathers Ms. Frary's day care group. "I don't want to have to make that phone call, to tell a parent, 'The coyote picked your kid,'" said Ms. Frary, a lifelong resident of Nahant, where 3,000 people inhabit one square mile. No humans have been harmed by Nahant's coyotes, estimated to number about a dozen. But after the disappearances of more than two dozen pets in roughly two years — and reports of three brazen, fatal attacks this year on leashed dogs accompanied by their owners — the town is ever more on edge. Its isolated geography — Nahant is essentially an island connected to the mainland by a narrow, 1.5-mile causeway — contributes to the sense of menace felt by some residents. Compact, densely populated and surrounded by water, it is a hard place for coyotes to leave, and a hard place for them to remain mostly invisible to humans, as they often do in cities and more sprawling suburbs, wildlife experts said. Earlier this month, Nahant's three-member Board of Selectmen voted to enlist federal sharpshooters to track and kill some of the coyotes, making Nahant the first municipality in Massachusetts to seek the expert help through a new state partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Opponents have argued for a more humane approach, hoisting[URL='https://www.itemlive.com/2022/12/18/nahant-residents-balk-at-boards-coyote-plan/'] handmade "Save The Nahant Coyotes" signs[/URL] near the causeway into town. Francene Amari-Faulkner, a resident who has organized protests against the plan, said false claims and exaggeration have fueled hysteria and a rush to drastic measures. "If the town brings in sharpshooters, it's going to be a bloodbath," she said, "because then other towns will say, 'We can do that too.'"[/I] (and there's a downside to this?) [I]While a coyote problem on a peninsula jutting into the sea may be less than typical, human aversion to the species is well established. Coyotes have long been viewed as a nuisance, and millions have been poisoned, shot and trapped by frustrated or frightened humans trying to control their population.But their signature trait may be their persistence. By the 1950s, they had pushed east into Massachusetts; by 2000, they were present everywhere in the state except the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, according to the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Tony Barletta, Nahant's town administrator, takes pains to remind residents there is no going back: Coyotes will remain, long after a handful are eliminated. And like it or not, residents will have to find a way to live alongside them. "We fully expect to have them here in town," Mr. Barletta said at a meeting of the Board of Selectmen last week. "Just because you're afraid of coyotes doesn't mean it's a problem, and that's a tough thing to explain to residents."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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