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Chelsea McClain
Lisa Diehl
ENG 1101
November 8, 2019
Coyotes: When Good Goes Bad
If you have ever lived in the rural parts of Georgia, you have probably heard the spine-
chilling howls, barks, and yips of a pack of coyotes (Canis Latrans). Coyotes are non-native to
Georgia, brought in by fox hunters and by natural ingress. In just a few decades, the state of
Georgia was overrun by coyotes, therefore, making the once healthy population overpopulated.
While coyotes served a purpose for sportsmen and sportswomen in the late 1960’s, they also