Wilkinson quoted in New York Times on the Coyotes of San Francisco

“They walk along busy San Francisco streets. In Chinatown plazas. Across the paths of Muni buses. One was found dozing in a laundromat. Coyotes can sometimes be seen roaming in cities around the country, including Chicago and New York. But in San Francisco, they have become ubiquitous, and the tension between humans and coyotes is growing.” 

A recent New York Times article about the resurgence of coyotes in San Francisco features Christine Wilkinson, who studies these native canines and human-wildlife interactions. 

Christine is quoted speculating on how coyotes could have returned to San Francisco. “Did they walk over the Golden Gate Bridge?” she asked. “That’s my top theory.” Once the first coyotes returned to the city, she said, they probably howled to attract others to follow. “Coyotes will be where they want to be,” she said.

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