Under the heading "modern life," the Los Angeles Time today covered a UC Web site created by wildlife specialist Robert Timm to track coyotes in urbanizing areas. Here's a synopsis from the article, by Nancy Yoshihara:
"A new website, CoyoteBytes.org, was launched two weeks ago by the University of California Cooperative Extension to gather reports of coyote sightings and attacks from residents of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties and to share information. The goal is to prevent conflict between humans and coyotes."
The development of CoyoteBytes was shared with the media in a Sept. 25 news release by Pam Kan-Rice, assistant director of Governmental and External Relations.
Not only did the the L.A. Times reporter mention "UC Cooperative Extension" in her piece, she also noted "the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources" in describing Timm's role with UC.
The bulk of the article is presented as a Q&A with Timm, including Why does UC care about coyotes? and Is a single coyote or a pack more worrisome?
