The Times podcast: Coyotes go urban; humans freak out
A coyote catches a small rodent in Costa Mesa in 2021.
(Raul Roa / Times Community News)
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In June, at a Manhattan Beach City Council meeting, residents lined up to share their concerns about a predator that roams their streets, terrorizing them and killing their pets: coyotes. They’re an important part of the American West, but suburbanites are now advocating for their wholesale extermination. But is there another option, a way to co-exist peacefully?
Today, we examine this controversy.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times reporter Louis Sahagún
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