Toronto's Coyote conflict

[Catherine]

There are coyotes in some parts of Toronto, so of course there are conflicts with humans.
The city has put up signs in the real coyote hot spot. The signs are controversial because they call the coyotes our neighbours.
Some people have been injured and some dogs have been killed. The city is trying to study the situation and find solutions.
Right now people are in two camps, the coyotes were here first or we should cull the coyotes.

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/c...by-critics

The controversial signs are trying to teach people how to deal with coyote encounters.
One problem is people who put out food for the coyotes. They get used to being fed and they get used to humans.
Neither is good. People also go out with their dog, alone, at a time when the coyotes would be out.
Maybe walk the dog at a different time of maybe dog walkers could go out in groups. 

We can learn to live with coyotes. We live with raccoons and squirrels and they are everywhere.
There are not that many coyotes, they are not everywhere and they are only out at certain times of the day.
We need to change because the coyotes won't. They are just doing what is normal to them.

[Catherine]

The situation is still ongoing.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/...incidents/

One thing this new article  points out is the loss of a green space just west of the area of coyote conflict.
A couple thousand trees were cut down and an area fenced off along the lake. It is part of an unpopular government project for the land.
That area and its trees was home to wildlife. The coyote problem intensified after the area was cleared. Birds that came back this spring had no where to nest. Animals lost their hibernation sites. There was probably food and shelter in the area. Now the coyotes need to bother  people because there is no where for them to go.

We need to plant more trees and have more green spaces. They didn't even assess the environmental impact of the tree cutting or the ridiculous plan of turning parkland into an unwanted luxury spa of the lake shore.