How Humans — and Dogs — Can Coexist With Coyotes in San Francisco

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A dog chases a coyote in a San Francisco park. Photo by Janet Kessler/Courtesy of Bay Nature

By Graelyn Brashear, Bay Nature

On a recent Wednesday evening at the edge of Pine Lake Park dog play area in San Francisco, Gina Farr stepped forward in front of several dozen people and their dogs, and rattled a Red Bull can full of loose change in the face of a volunteer. “And then I say, ‘Go away coyote! Go away!’ ” she shouted.

Farr, a coyote educator and communications advisor at Project Coyote, was leading a lesson in “coyote hazing” as part of a class about co-existing with wildlife in the city. Project Coyote, which partners with San Francisco Animal Care and Control, will lead a larger public meeting about coyote interactions at the Lake Merced Boathouse on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Read the complete story at Bay Nature.

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