Rampaging, Starving Deer And Coyotes Invading Cities And Towns [Picture]

The last week has driven deer and coyotes to desperation.  Food is scarce in the hills and mountains.  The critters desperately head to the cities and towns to find food  and come into contact with human vehicles, fences–and guns/  The coyotes and deer get hit by cars; cops wind up shooting them and clueless citizens about animal cruelty.  Officers don’t deserve those insults.  When an animal is twitching in agomy in the road, it is motr humane to ruthsnize the animal than let it sprnd hours in agony on a freezing highway.  Too many people want to jude, just for the sake of flapping their jaws. instead of being responsiblr human beings,muckracker

Wikipedia notes that:

uman–wildlife conflict refers to the interaction between wild animals and people and the resultant negative impact on people or their resources, or wild animals or their habitat. It occurs when growing human populations overlap with established wildlife territory, creating reduction of resources or life to some people and/or wild animals. The conflict takes many forms ranging from loss of life or injury to humans, and animals both wild and domesticated, to competition for scarce resources to loss anddegradation of habitat.

Conflict management strategies earlier comprised lethal control, translocation, regulation of population size and preservation of endangered species. Recent management approaches attempt to use scientific research for better management outcomes, such as behaviour modification and reducing interaction. As human-wildlife conflicts inflict direct, indirect and opportunity costs, the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict is an important issue in the management of biodiversity and protected areas.