Mission of ECR
Welcome to my new web site:
Eastern
Coyote/Coywolf
Research (ECR).
My previous web site located
on the Boston
College web site
(Jonathan Way's Eastern
Coyote Homepage -
http://www2.bc.edu/~wayjo/),
is now outdated, partly because
of my difficulty accessing files
from my old college.
My old website host
(Liberty Names of America)
for www.easterncoyoteresearch.com
disappeared and
went out of
business July 2010 and never
transferred my files
to my new host,
Choice Host. So, in September
2010, I underwent
the angering task
of rewriting the website that
perfectly suited my
purpose from
July 2007 until July 2010.
I have created this new
site to replace
my old web page in order to
keep you informed
about my and other
eastern coyote (or coywolf)
research. In addition,
I have added an
on-line store to this web
page, something I cannot
legally do on a
university website like
my previous one at
Boston College.
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If you are confused as
to why coywolf is
in the title with eastern
coyote, please see this
peer reviewed publication
or go to
my publications page to
learn how
the eastern coyote is
really a
hybrid between
western coyotes
and eastern/red wolves.
I personally
do not believe it is
accurate to call
them coyotes when
their DNA
(throughout northeastern
North America)
is composed of both
eastern wolf and coyote genes.
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The mission of Eastern Coyote/Coywolf
Research
is to promote the
appreciation and
acceptance of this
creature
throughout its range
in Northeastern
North America through
sound science and
public education.
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Contact information
Please note that I am
very busy between working
and conducting research related
to this webpage. Thus,
I simply do not have the capacity
to help students with
reports (although this is
a very important topic)
or to answer
your every question
about coyotes/coywolves.
The reason
why I have written
Suburban Howls and made
this web page
available is for you to
obtain accurate
information on my
favorite animal to use
accordingly.
I will leave the web-blogs
and personal opinions
(although I certainly do
have my own
opinions, especially about
coyote management)
to other folks to discuss.
So, I leave a new
email for you to use at
your
discretion in
contacting me (Jon):
easterncoyoteresearch
@yahoo.com
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This summer (2010) the New
York Times published two articles
(one and two here) on wolves and
why hunting shouldn't occur in the
Rocky Mountains until acceptable
(and democratic) management plans
are written for the species.
Jon's letter to the Times
I applaud your article "Victory for Wolves"
and how it explains how there should be a
robust and dynamic population of wolves in
the west and more than hunters should be
thought of in the next, revised federal
management plan. However, you should
realize that the same federal government
has essentially denied federal protections
for wolves here in the Northeast including
recent petitions.
There is more and more evidence that the
eastern coyote, which is a coyote x red/eastern
wolf hybrid that could by called a coywolf, is
very closely related to the original wolf that
we had living here in precolonial times. In other
words, what was once thought of as the gray wolf
living here in the Northeast was probably the
eastern or red wolf. State management plans
in all Northeastern states essentially allow an
unlimited slaughter of eastern coyotes for all or
at least half of the year. This is wrong for 3
reasons. One, coywolves are important to the
ecology of the area and should be allowed to
live at natural, not human caused densities.
Two, coywolves (and wolves) are social,
sentient, and intelligent animals that should
be treated like a valuable member of the
natural community, not managed for hate
which essentially modern regulations allow.
Three, the current management of
coywolves (eastern coyotes) here in the
Northeast just about guarantees tha
t non-hybridized wolves making it here
from southern Canada will be killed.
It is only just for the NY Times to
advocate for animals close to home
(including sometimes in Central Park!)
just as it is important for wolves
in the Rockies.
Jonathan Way
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