{"id":4501,"date":"2014-09-13T18:40:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T00:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2014-09-14T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T15:46:00","slug":"predator-control-alternatives-to-just-killing-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/09\/13\/predator-control-alternatives-to-just-killing-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Predator Control: Alternatives to Just Killing Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p class=\"diigo-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4503\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-06-14_16-35-35b_wm-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"2014-06-14_16-35-35b_wm\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-06-14_16-35-35b_wm-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/2014-06-14_16-35-35b_wm.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are ways to reduce livestock losses that are both better and cheaper than killing coyotes. They include: Livestock Guardians (like my friend Odin here) and good fencing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\">Hard to believe, but it&#8217;s cheaper than killing coyotes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthisland.org\/journal\/index.php\/eij\/article\/ending_americas_war_on_wildlife\/\">Ending America\u2019s War on Wildlife | Earth Island Journal | Earth Island Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Ending America\u2019s War on Wildlife<br \/>\nProject Coyote<br \/>\nFew Americans have heard of Wildlife Services, a little-known agency of the US Department of Agriculture charged with managing wildlife, largely at the behest of ranchers and agribusiness. Since 1931, this agency has been waging war against wildlife with a lethal arsenal of traps, snares, poisons, and guns. As detailed in a recent Washington Post article, the total carnage in 2013 alone included 75,326 coyotes, 866 bobcats, 528 river otters, 3,700 foxes, 12,186 prairie dogs, 973 red-tailed hawks, 419 black bears, and at least three eagles, golden and bald.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/wildlife\">wildlife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/livestock\">livestock<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/guardians\">guardians<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4501'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4501);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4501);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4501);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>There are ways to reduce livestock losses that are both better and cheaper than killing coyotes. They include: Livestock Guardians (like my friend Odin here) and good fencing. Hard to believe, but it&#8217;s cheaper than killing coyotes. Ending America\u2019s War &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/09\/13\/predator-control-alternatives-to-just-killing-them\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Predator Control: Alternatives to Just Killing Them http:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1aB","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,351],"tags":[71,110],"class_list":["post-4501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-nature-animals-urbanrural-life","tag-animals","tag-rural-life-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1aB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4055,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/15\/tovar-cerulli-the-hidden-costs-of-vegetarianism\/","url_meta":{"origin":4501,"position":0},"title":"Tovar Cerulli \u2013 The hidden costs of vegetarianism","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tovar Cerulli \u2013 The hidden costs of vegetarianism. 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