CORRESPONDENCE FROM 6/21/2023
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
Sabha, Tamer
From: Dana Peer
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 2:14 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: public meeting June 21, 2023 Public safety committee To the Public Safety Committee
I'm writing as a Pasadena resident regarding the Urban wildlife management plan and human-coyote interactions. I am very concerned at the announced plans to study the coyote management program currently being used in Torrance, which includes trapping and killing coyotes, presumably to consider adopting similar measures locally.
Trapping and killing coyotes is both cruel and ineffective. Despite the expense of $80,000 of taxpayer money on a program that includes lethal methods, there are no fewer coyotes in Torrance now than before. Coyotes naturally manage their populations and if you kill them off, they will rebound within a year with bigger litter sizes. There are many humane, impactful measures that could be implemented at little or no cost to the city, including removing fallen fruit and directing residents to keep their domestic cats indoors (for the good of the cats and other wildlife as well). The responsible and humane thing for the city to do is to explore cost-efficient, nonlethal methods for dealing with coyotes before spending tens of thousands of dollars on lethal methods that have failed elsewhere.
Thank you for your consideration,
Dana Levis
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> Ann Rey •
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 2:06 PM
Marquez, Miguel; Stevenson, Garrett; Sabha, Tamer
people feeding coyotes
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Thanks for looking into the growth of coyotes in the city. PLEASE LOOK INTO THE PEOPLE PUTTING FOOD OUT FOR COYOTES IN Hahamonga and along the Arroyo hiking trail.
In particular, there is an older women that sits at the base of a tree near JPL's north parking lot by the settling ponds. She brings big bags of dog food with her and then calls them to her in broad daylight and puts out the food for them. She is helping to enlarge the packs along the Arroyo!!!! Thank you,
Ann Rey
On Casitas
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