Coyotes and bobcats in rural America jump out of the frying pan and into the fire when large predators are around.
When wild animals take refuge from predators by straying near people, the illusion of safety can be deadly.
When large carnivore populations plummeted from being hunted in vast stretches of North America, predators less threatening to humans flourished. Then, as large predators were reintroduced into the wild — includingWhat the aftermath of this violence looks like is something that Prugh has witnessed firsthand. During a field season in Alaska, the wildlife ecologist came across the remains of coyotes massacred by wolves.
To see how smaller predators behave near human territory, Prugh and her colleagues attached radio collars to 37 bobcats and 35 coyotes, as well as to 22 wolves and 60 cougars, in two rural areas of Washington State. These collars tracked the location of the animals every four hours for up to two years — “one of the most impressive datasets” on predator movement outside of a wilderness area to date, Levi says.
Researchers used radio collars to track coyotes like this one and found that the animals were more likely to hang around people when larger predators were about. Humans were responsible for 14 coyote deaths during the study period.This may be because animals aren’t good at reading danger signs from people in a modern world, Prugh says. A coyote is unlikely to make the connection that a person is behind a gun.
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