
Conservation
Why Killing Coyotes Doesn’t Make Livestock Safer
There is no clear evidence that lethal control works to reduce human-predator conflict. It can even make the problem worse
Megan M. Draheim is a lecturer in conservation biology and human dimensions of wildlife at Virginia Tech.
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