| Show HOW THE COYOTE LIVES apayer A paper by D 13 lantz bintz bulletin 20 biological survey united states department part ment of agriculture entitled coyotes in their economic Rc relations lations emphasizes an additional point plans and animal life which man can bring into service or which lie ho must combat may be a very important factor in he file general problem of geographic influence flu fluence erie tho author discusses the range species food and habits of coyotes in north america they may be found from costa rica to Altha baska and from the pacific to the mississippi I 1 their exceeding numbers and their increase under the abo new regime of pioneer civilization and added food supplies P lies of poultry lambs sheep calves colts pigs arid house refuse are arc t two we striking features the coyote has been found beneficial fl caal in that he feeds upon rabbits prairie dogs several kinds of rats arid and squirrels and mice all of which the farmer wishes to dispense with but the animal does not stop with these classes of food lie catches weasels is and skunks which assists man in his w warfare gitil with in injurious urious insects he destroys game as quail grouse groupe wild ducks and gee geese se and even kills hills doer deer and antelope now that civilization lia has j brought within his range ajan many domestic animals which furnish a more savory relish than the wild game and that man has deprived hini him of 0 much of tile the latter by exterminating at least locally the wild 1 animals formerly fed upon tile the coyote shows his influence by visits to the poultry roosts boosts turkey ranges d duck ick ponds pigeon coles pig pens ind and sheep and calf corrals cyr rals even the family cats kept as have often been taken ile he Is most destructive however as an enemy of the sheep ashes p industry which ho 0 has succeeded in driving out of many western localities poison trapping and oven even byg systematic tern abic hunting with government bounties to pay f apt have not been beell effective in controlling the I ile he le has proved as formidable an ol obstacle stacle to matia mana occupancy and utilization of much of the pasture land of the we west it as lias has tho the jackal to th development of ostrich cattle and sleep farming in south africa and tile the rabbit to pastoral pursuits Purnil ts in new south wales AwA australia experiments with various kinds of fence in ill the west are arc leading to the conviction that tho the coyote artificial can barriers farric be successfully rs maste lyl f I 1 I 1 by |
