North America’s wolves were aggressively targeted by predator eradication campaigns, coyotes stepped into the canid vacuum. While the grey wolf became a threatened species and the red wolf nearly disappeared from the world altogether – current estimates of the wild population are around 30 individuals – coyotes adapted, bred more successfully, and vastly expanded their range. Today, coyotes are found from Alaska to Panama. And the impact on foxes? The rule of thumb is that they actively avoid coyotes. As the grey wolf recovers its range in North America and elsewhere, coyotes themselves have
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