Troublesome issue

Last weekend, we noticed that there were two dead coyotes right together just west of Scott City. A bit further west, there was another one. Of course, I just assumed that the lone wolf was hit by a vehicle. I am not so sure of that right now. Last week, I spoke about the dead coyotes with a man from Scott City. He told me that he suspected that the two that were together were probably shot. He couldn't say anything about the single one.

Today, the girls and I had to run over to Scott City again to pick up some stuff that we needed. This time, we counted SEVEN (7) dead coyotes. Four of them were in the same field just to the south of the highway. I seriously have my doubts that they were all struck by vehicles.

Does anyone have any ideas about why these animals are being slaughtered like that? Of course, I am well-aware of the fact that coyotes are wild animals, not pets. They eat chickens, rabbits, rodents, baby animals, etc. Have they gotten to the population level where they need to be "weeded" out? As far as I know, they have not.

When I was still a youngster, Daddy hunted coyotes with his greyhounds. He did it in times when there were too many around here. After the dogs had killed them, he picked up the carcass, brought it home, hung it up and skinned it to be sold for coats, etc. He definitely did not leave it in some farmer's field for the farmer to deal with.

I really do want you to comment on this so that I know why this is being done.

VLE-B