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Calabasas' Coyote Coexistence Program Catches On [VIDEO]
Officials are educating Southern California homeowners on how to avoid trapping or killing the animals based on a plan devised in Calabasas, according to a report from NBC4.
Experts are teaching Southern California residents how to safely live with coyotes that often pose a threat to people and pets, according to a report from NBC4. The lessons are based on a model plan developed in Calabasas, said the report.
“We cannot expect them to leave and not come back,” Alex Farassati, Calabasas Environmental Services manager, told NBC's Angie Crouch. “This is their territory, and they protect their territory. So the best way for us is to understand their behavior.”
Last year, and worked with wildlife experts to develop a plan to help residents live with coyotes in the city, including feeding pets indoors, said the report.
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Randi Feilich, who volunteers for Project Coyote, a non-profit wildlife protection group that teaches people how to live with coyotes in the urban interface, told Crouch that simple sounds and motions, like the opening of an umbrella, can scare off coyotes.
Humane Society of the United States seminars are scheduled for Thursday in Long Beach.
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