Bow Valley Wildsmart Podcasts

This presentation highlights the past 10 years of research undertaken by the Calgary Coyote Project (led by Dr. Shelley Alexander) in the City, the surrounding regions, and across Canada.  The talk begins with a summary of basic coyote ecology and issues surrounding conflict, and addresses questions like: What types of food do coyotes eat in urban and rural areas? How often do coyote attacks on people occur? What types of emotional responses do people have to coyotes? How often were pets being eaten by coyotes in the City of Calgary and surrounding rural area?  Are certain pets more vulnerable than others?  What kind of actions caused or mitigated attacks? And, finally, what is the media’s role in the social amplification of risk posed by coyotes?   Speaker: Dr. Shelley Alexander