(Nov. 3, 2015) -- Following passionate and polarized public testimony at an August City Council meeting (at which Councilwoman Stacy Mungo ultimately agreed to "receive and file" (take no action on) an item she'd agendized) and a roughly yearlong public review period for responses to management's draft text, LB's Animal Care Services (ACS) Bureau today (Nov. 3) released its finalized Coyote Management Plan. The Plan includes tiered responses to coyote-human interactions and, at its second highest level ("orange"), gives the ACS Bureau Director (Ted Stevens) discretion to use "lethal removal" if a coyote is involved in "three investigated and confirmed" incidents in which there is "an attended domestic animal loss, where it enters a dwelling or yard in which people are present or where it acts aggressively toward people." The Plan's highest response level ("red") is applied when a coyote is involved "in an investigated and documented attack, either provoked or unprovoked, on a human," in which case city staff will notify the CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife "which assumes the role of lead agency, and [the city] will work with DFW to locate and elimninate the responsible coyote(s)." The Coyote Management Plan is a detailed document (19 pages cover to conclusion) and includes definitions of coyote encounters, a chart detailing coyote behavior, behavior classifications and recommended ACS [Animal Care Services] responses. LBREPORT.com reproduces the document in full below. [Scroll down for further.] |
Finalized Long Beach Coyote Management Plan
In salient parts of its narrative, the Coyote Management Plan states: It is not economically or ecologically efficient to attempt to remove all coyotes from the urban ecosystem. Attempts made by local, state and federal agencies, as well as private organizations, over the past century to eradicate coyotes have proven to be ineffective, as coyotes have expanded their territories across the United States. As a last resort, lethal control measures, when employed, can be controversial and non-selective; therefore, if they are used, they must be humane and in compliance with federal and state laws... Reaction is pending. Further as newsworthy. Scroll down for further
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