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Massachusetts Association of Problem Animal Control Applauds Masswildlife on New Coyote Regulations
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Massachusetts Association of Problem Animal Control (MAPAC) is a non profit trade association representing private wildlife management firms and PAC agents in the commonwealth of Massachusetts for the past fifteen years.
MAPAC applauds the new program from the Massachusetts division of fisheries & wildlife and vows to cooperate with them and all local authorities to protect the public from coyotes that prove to be a danger to people.
MAPAC board members recently met with representatives of the Massachusetts division of fisheries & wildlife (Masswildlife) at the field headquarters in Westborough Mass., and everyone came away from the table with a good feeling about the new coyote regulations.
This isn’t a free pass for PAC agents to kill coyotes as it is being interpreted by animal rights groups, but a means for some to be able to legally kill an animal that poses an actual threat to public safety.
The regulations pertaining to PAC agents will require an additional certification including a training course and a definite criteria for what constitutes a danger to the public. The local police and town managers will most likely be involved in that decision making process and PAC agents will be required to provide educational material to home owners with coyote problems.
Coyotes that live in a neighborhood woodlot are not an actual danger unless they begin to exhibit behavior that puts people at risk. Animals that attack people and pets or show no fear of human presence are the main concern.
A list of certified agents will be made available to the public along with a check list on hiring an agent with the proper liability and financial requirements. More information on hiring PAC agents to remediate wildlife issues on private property can be found at http://problemanimalcontrol.com.
Masswildife officials will be informing PAC agents about the new regulations at the MAPAC training session this fall; it is MAPAC’s position that all individuals who are certified as PAC agents in the Commonwealth be financially responsible and that they be trained not only in wildlife management and habitat modification but also workplace safety hazards and legal business operations. Therefore, yearly training sessions are made available to PAC agents.
MAPAC also applauds the decision to extend the coyote hunting season; we are all conservationists at heart and believe in sound wildlife management. The Massachusetts division of fish & game traditionally use sportsmen such as hunters and trappers to manage wildlife populations. Unfortunately, in 1996 one year after the division reintroduced soft catch foot hold traps to regain control of the coyote population, animal rights fanatics became so infuriated that they used the ballot process to ban all steel traps and thus crippled furbearer management in Massachusetts. The results were that renewable natural resources like beaver have become a “pest species” in Massachusetts causing unprecedented amounts of flooding and damage and unnecessary killing and disposal of thousands of beavers out of season.
Massachusetts wildlife officials are taking action to prevent this from happening to coyotes and they should be commended. Currently their hands are tied and coyote complaints have now taken over beaver complaints as the highest call volume to the division on a daily basis.
For more information on foothold traps and wildlife management check out the “destroying the myth” video on the MAPAC website - http://problemanimalcontrol.com.
About the Massachusetts Association of Problem Animal Control (MAPAC)
A non-profit trade association, MAPAC's mission is to support the private wildlife management Industry and promote them as protectors of health, property and the environment. MAPAC’s membership includes licensed, insured wildlife managers across New England. The association conducts public education and awareness activities, represents its members in legislative and regulatory initiatives, and provides training and reference tools to members on advances within the private wildlife management industry.
For more information, visit http://problemanimalcontrol.com, or call toll-free 1-866-WILDPRO (866-945-3776).
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Contacts Massachusetts Association of Problem Animal Control Thomas Reilly, 866-WILDPRO TReilly@problemanimalcontrol.com
West Roxbury's hour of the coyote Car kills a pup; forays cited
By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff | May 24, 2007
WEST ROXBURY -- Her young demanded food, so the coyote went in search of sustenance in a nearby neighborhood with well-kept lawns, always keeping a distance from humans. The fluffy pups often tagged along.
But yesterday morning, as the creatures headed out again, danger struck. One of the pups was hit and killed by a car about 6:30 a.m. on Baker Street. The mother, a gangly, grayish animal about the size of an adult German shepherd, grasped the dead pup by the back of the neck with her teeth and carried it to the front lawn of a home on Francesca Street, witnesses said. Two other pups who were separated from the mother during the incident hid near homes on Farragut Street. One cowered behind a shrub and the other dug in under backyard steps.
"She was just trying to feed her babies," said Sheila Murphy , who lives at the house where the pup was found. "They've been coming around here for about a month and they've never threatened anyone." Her husband, Dan Murphy, said he's seen five members of that coyote family roaming the area, including an adult male that is slightly larger than the mother.
Nearby, several other residents chatted about the morning's display of nature. Some had initially believed that the animal that hung from the adult coyote's mouth was someone's pet, a small dog or cat that had been killed by the coyote. But they found out what actually happened after Murphy called Boston Animal Control.
Residents living near Capital Street have called the city's animal control department in recent weeks with coyote sightings. Several people said the animals seem to prefer hanging out at a quarry on Grove Street. "I hear them at night howling from up there," said Peter Starkey, who lives in the neighborhood. "They're up there all the time, so many of them."
Despite the sightings, residents said the coyotes were reclusive and appeared to pose no threat to humans.
Coyotes can easily adapt to urban areas, said Thomas O'Shea, assistant director of Wildlife for the commonwealth's Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, in a telephone interview yesterday. O'Shea said coyotes are among the most adaptable animals in North America because they can survive on a varied diet, including berries, insects, rodents, small animals, food from trash cans, and handouts from humans.
O'Shea estimated there are about 10,000 coyotes in Massachusetts. He said there have only been three confirmed attacks on humans since 1998, with two cases involving rabid coyotes. He said the animals are spread throughout the state. A dog was killed by a coyote in Jamaica Plain in 2005.
Residents living in Saugus have complained for years about coyotes. "Since January, we've had about 15 sightings," said Harry Young , the city's K-9 Patrol officer. "A woman told me several weeks ago that she had to jump into a DPW truck because a coyote was stalking her two dogs as she was walking them. I would say there are about a dozen dens in Saugus. There are some heavily wooded areas around here, and the overdevelopment is pushing them out of their habitat," he said.
The coyote family that roamed the West Roxbury neighborhood lived under a roof of discarded concrete slates, apparently tossed over an embankment at the end of Capital Street, authorities said. The VFW Parkway borders the heavily wooded area, and across the roadway is a sprawling cemetery, where visitors have occasionally reported coyote sightings. Yesterday morning, the den was sprinkled with ammonia, a measure taken by animal control officers to discourage the family from returning.
Meanwhile, on Farragut Street, a Boston Animal Control officer later grabbed the pup that had been hiding behind the shrubs, and he put it into a steel cage. No decision had been made yesterday on when or where the pup would be released. The other pup that hid under the stairs proved to be more elusive, and authorities decided to leave it alone to allow the mother a chance to reunite with it later.
Sergeant Roger Thurlow of the Environmental Police said authorities will return today, and "hopefully it will be gone
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