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Coyote and Fox Populations on the Rise?

Academy of Natural Sciences

You may have noticed a common theme at the dinner table: Grandpa has spotted the fox in the yard again or perhaps your aunt has heard of a coyote in the local nature preserve. Are these wild canine populations rising, and if so, why? Can you tell us more about the relationship these canine populations have with humans?

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From the recognizable and familiar like foxes, wolves, African wild dogs and coyotes to the lesser-known ones like the Japanese raccoon dog, fennec fox, dholes and dingoes, canids have conquered every continent except Antarctica. Japanese raccoon dogs in populous Tokyo find refuge in quiet shrines.

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Vermin or vital: The complex case of the prairie dog.

HumanNature

If all of that weren’t enough, prairie dogs also act as an important food source for grassland carnivores including foxes, coyotes, badgers, bobcats, several raptor species and the highly endangered black-footed ferret, the most endangered mammal in North America. If they are so important, why the controversy? So, what is the solution?

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 1.26.22

PA Environment Daily

-- Western PA Conservancy Staff Members’ Favorite Moments Of 2021 -- YorkDR: Groundhog Day 2022: See If Punxsutawney Phil Will See His Shadow Feb. Animal Rescued In Fairfield Twp Perplexes Volunteers -- PennLive: First Witness On Scene Of PA Monkey Truck Crash Falls Ill -- PennLive: Who Does Animal Research In PA?

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