caa a22 4500 605526958 CHVBK 20210128100806.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0999-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0999-0 When shooting a coyote kills a wolf: Mistaken identity or misguided management? [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Newsome, Jeremy Bruskotter, William Ripple] The recovery of wolf populations in the United States (U.S.) is hampered by ongoing human-wolf conflicts. In particular, the illegal killing of grey wolves (Canis lupus), red wolves (Canis rufus), and Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act has contributed to relatively high mortality rates in some areas. One issue is that wolves are often mistaken as coyotes (Canis latrans) and illegally shot by hunters. To minimise cases of mistaken identity, stricter regulation of coyote hunting is being adopted in some areas where endangered wolves exist. Here we argue that such management should be adopted more widely, and especially in areas where wolves are at low densities or recolonising new areas. Such a proposal may face opposition, particularly where coyote hunting is common, or where coyotes are perceived as a threat to human enterprises such as livestock ranching. Appropriate education and training is needed to ensure that the public is aware that (i) wolves and coyotes are difficult to distinguish from a distance and (ii) coyotes are far too resilient to be affected by most periodic eradication programs, let alone from derbies or recreational hunting. We conclude that recreational hunting of coyotes could restrict wolf recolonisation while providing little benefit to animal agriculture. Consideration of new management strategies is therefore required to assist with wolf restoration efforts and to minimise ongoing human-wildlife conflicts. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Canis nationallicence Endangered Species Act nationallicence Illegal killing nationallicence Wolves nationallicence Newsome Thomas Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia aut Bruskotter Jeremy The School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut Ripple William Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/12(2015-11-01), 3145-3149 0960-3115 24:12<3145 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0999-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0999-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Newsome Thomas Desert Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bruskotter Jeremy The School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ripple William Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/12(2015-11-01), 3145-3149 0960-3115 24:12<3145 2015 24 10531