Charlotte, North Carolina is planning on radio collaring 30 or more Coyotes come Summer 2016 so to get a handle on the apparent growing population of the Canids in and around the city..............No plans on killing any animals as it seems that City Officials understand that killing Coyotes tends to lead to even denser populations of our songdogs as those still alive compensate with larger litters to fill the human created habitat vacancies..............Officials will monitor the habits of the Coyotes and make recommendations to residents about how best to coexist peacefully.

First of its kind coyote study coming after recent sightings

First of its kind coyote study coming after recent sightings

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Coyote sightings are on the rise in Charlotte and two have been trapped 

in uptown.

After several coyote sightings around Charlotte recently the 
North Carolina Wildlife Commission is readying to monitor
the animals.

 Carolina Wildlife Commission is planning to start tracking the animals
 in the area


.

It’s the first study of its kind in the Southeast.

Starting next spring, officials will survey people about coyotes.

Then in the summer of 2016, officials will start putting tracking 

collars 

on at least 30 coyotes in Charlotte.

Officials will follow the coyotes movements and learn more about

 their eating and living habits.

Channel 9 has reported on multiple sightings recently in and

 around Charlotte.  A coyote killed a cat in the Selwyn Farms

 neighborhood a couple weeks ago.

Officials said they haven’t seen more coyotes, they’re just

 more apparent this time of year.

Coyote pups born in the spring are old enough to venture out 

on their own.

Officials do not have any plans to control the coyote population.

 They said if they remove one, another coyote will simply take its

 place.