The Pros And Cons Of The Coyote

In the mid 16th to 19th century, the exploration of North America showed to be crucial to the survival of the settlers of the Americas. Here, they found bizarre, new things they had never seen on the easterly continents, which they had previously explored. Certain new things that intrigued them were new trees, insects, agriculture, and especially animals. Many of these animals such as the Buffalo, found in the western North American region, were used for a good source of food and livestock. However, certain animals that showed no help to the survival of the settlers were mostly killed off, including the Coyote (Canis Latrans). Mostly, between 1780 and 1822, Coyotes were killed in the United States. One specific area known to have no Coyotes

However, in the mid 1990s, specifically around 1993, an environmental group, known as PETA, people for the ethical treatment of animals, got permission from congress to release Coyotes back into the wild of the eastern United States. Their goal at the time was to try and put things back into the natural order of events in the environment. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, especially not in North Carolina. And here is why. Before I can show you why the Coyote is harmful to North Carolina’s environment, you must understand what a Coyote is. The Coyote, (Canis Latrans) is indigenous to the North American Continent. It is a tertiary consumer on the trophic scale, which means it is on the top of the food chain. The average lifespan of a Coyote is around 11-13 years. What a Coyote can eat is a large span of things. Small animals, like rabbits and squirrels, and large animals such as deer, cows, and sheep. Unlike most animals, Coyotes do not really have much of a preference. They tend to move in packs, and do not mate outside those packs. The Coyote weighs between 20 and 50 pounds, and can even grow to 4 feet long. Now that you know the basics of the Coyote, I can explain to you the issues found in