Killing of coyotes prompts city to end contract with agency
DAVIS, Calif. (MCT) — One after another, residents of this quiet college town stood before the city council, expressing outrage over the recent killing of five coyotes — four of them pups — by a little-known branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture called Wildlife Services.
An hour later Tuesday night, council members took action — voting unanimously to sever the city’s s relationship with the federal agency and develop more nonlethal alternatives for dealing with wildlife.
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