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Map of Stanley Park

Close-up Map of Stanley Park (with driving directions to SPES)

Are Your Neighbours Attracting Coyotes?

While limiting coyote attractants in your own backyard is a simple task, discussing them with your neighbours may not always be as easy or practical.  For this reason SPES has provided the following anonymous notes (in PDF format) that you can print and deposit in your neighbour's mailboxes.

To confirm that coyotes are using your neighbourhood look for coyote sign.  [ Learn to identify coyote sign ]

Coyote Invitations...

Accessible garbage, compost, pet food, and yard fruit are all coyote invitations as well as attracting mice, rats, raccoons, skunks and bears.

An overflowing trash bin in a park.

park garbage bin

image: Rat habitat, accesible garbage and compost, fallen fruit from trees, and outdoor pet food all attract coyotes to back yards

garbage aka coyote invitation

An overflowing dumpster, garbage lying on the ground around it.

coyote invitation

image: Accessible compost.  Good food for a raccoon!

garbage and compost