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Controlling deer the natural way

October 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

A New Deer Advocacy Paradigm Guest columnist Lee Hall makes the case for government to quit hunting deer and start respecting natural predators (See also Coyotes: nature’s animal control officers,  by Merritt Clifton.) Forcible deer control gets broad support from all levels of government and from many conservation organizations—all reacting to a perceived crisis of deer […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Deer & other horned species, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Predators, Religion & philosophy, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Coyotes, deer, Lee Hall

Coyotes: nature’s animal control officers

October 29, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Understanding how much coyotes do to protect human interests begins with understanding what animal control agencies do, on what size budget To fully appreciate coyotes may require getting to know them––not taming them,  not trying to interact with them as wild cousins of domestic dogs,  just watching and listening. Long before humans devised Twitter to […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Feature Home Bottom, Urban wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Coyotes, Merritt Clifton

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