The first species I featured under the Creatures links were coyotes (Canis latrans). While most of my work on canids has been with wolves, I have been fascinated by coyotes for some time. Known to William Thomas Seton as the … Continue reading
As humans increasingly encroach on non-human habitats, and more and more people use the few natural areas that have been set aside for nature and its enjoyment, human-animal contact is becoming more frequent. Recently I read about a disturbing account … Continue reading
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I wanted to let you know about a wonderful new film that “explores the complexity, conflicts, and richness of the fertile interface between urban life and wild nature” with a focus on coyotes. While the film … Continue reading
Late last year I participated in a roundtable discussion on human-wildlife conflict. The panel included Jan Dizard, a prominent environmental sociologist from Amherst College. You can read the article based on this roundtable by downloading the pdf. The article itself … Continue reading
Delilah and I lived in the converted loft of a barn. [For the story of how we met, go to the Delilah: In From the Wild post.] While the space itself was tiny, it had a huge second story deck, … Continue reading
Shimsi is a cat from Istanbul, Turkey. Like many other street cats, he was born wild to a family of felines that were cared for as “community cats” — no one “owns” them, per se, but individuals in the neighbourhood … Continue reading