- Dates
- 2002-11-09 – 2002-12
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationhuntingenvironmentcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Dave Roop’s December 2002 letter described a November 9 coyote attack that injured his beagles and an earlier attack that killed another dog. He framed the incident as part of a wider Island debate between eliminating coyotes, leaving them as part of the ecosystem, and developing a regulated control plan if they were overpopulated or became a nuisance.
Evidence limits
This is a resident’s letter and personal account, not a wildlife census, veterinary record, or adopted management policy.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2002, “The Debate about the Coyotes.”Dave Roop reports a November 9 coyote attack on his beagles, an earlier fatal attack on another beagle, and competing Island views about leaving coyotes alone or developing a population-control plan. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the coyote letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A Beaver Island letter renews debate over coyote control after beagle attacks in 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coyote-debate-beagle-attacks-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2002, “The Debate about the Coyotes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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