Nationwide coyote survey shows hunting may increase, rather than reduce, coyote numbers (IMAGE)

University of New Hampshire

Nationwide coyote survey shows hunting may increase, rather than reduce, coyote numbers

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Researchers from the University of New Hampshire used data from over 4500 camera traps to study coyotes across multiple different habitats and found that human hunting did not reduce populations but instead led to an increase in coyote numbers, perhaps due to reproduction and immigration rates.

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