A coyote that was spotted running down State Street early Monday may be in the Loop on assignment: to help keep the city's rodent population at bay.
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Tomorrow coyotes throughout Nova Scotia will be snared and trapped in a government-sponsored bounty spree. The killing will pay $20 per coyote pelt with the intent of reducing the population.
Over 120,000 native carnivores -- including coyotes, wolves, bobcats, badgers, foxes, and bears -- are killed every year by Wildlife Services, largely at the behest of corporate agribusiness interests.