- (E) The most probable explanation for the decline of the coyotes is removal
by humans. Since the decline in coyotes occurred with cattle introduction
and since cattle and coyotes do not compete for the same food, the
individuals that introduced the cattle must have interfered with the coyote
population. Because coyotes are predators, they were likely perceived as
dangerous to the cattle and were likely hunted and poisoned by humans.
Attempts to control coyotes by poisoning may deplete the numbers of their
natural prey and lead to increasing attacks by coyotes on farm animals.
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