TORRANCE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REVISING COYOTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AT NOVEMBER 27 MEETING
Project Coyote Is Calling on Supporters in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
to Contact Members of the Torrance City Council
Dear Friend of Wildlife,
On November 27, the Torrance City Council will revisit the City’s Urban Coyote Management Plan. According to the Torrance Police Department report submitted at the September 18 meeting, the City Council will be reviewing a “comprehensive report on the [city’s] coyote management program, which will include a recommendation from [the Torrance Police Department] on the Urban Coyote Management Plan moving forward, a review of coyote management by other cities, lessons learned and options for the Council to consider.”
We expect a large turnout of constituents from both sides. Your voice can make a difference—please plan to attend if you can, and submit your comments as soon as possible.
- WHAT: Meeting of the Torrance City Council
- WHERE: City Hall, 3031 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA
- WHEN: November 27, 7:00 pm PT
Here’s what you can do to show the City Council you oppose indiscriminate, lethal control of coyotes and support moving forward with a humane, nonlethal coyote management program (and please see talking points below):
- Appear in person at the City Council meeting and voice your support for continuing with a humane, nonlethal coyote management program. If you plan to speak, please arrive at City Hall no later than 6:45 pm so you have time to fill out a speaker card.
- Contact the members of the City Council. Contact information can be found here.
- Write Letters to the Editor of your local paper(s) to raise public awareness and to encourage others to take action. Use our tips and tools for writing LTE’s, and here are links to the LTE sections of some local papers: Torrance Tribune (please specify your LTE is for the Torrance Tribune); Daily Breeze (email opinion@scng.com – submissions limited to 150 words); Los Angeles Downtown News; Los Angeles Times.
Thank you for speaking up for California’s wildlife.
Randi Feilich
Project Coyote Southern California Representative
Talking Points (please be respectful and personalize your message):
- Encourage a proactive approach to living with coyotes and other wild neighbors that emphasizes public education, reducing attractants, and hazing when necessary for habituated coyotes.
- No evidence exists showing that indiscriminate killing of coyotes serves any effective wildlife management function. Coyote populations that are not exploited form stable family groups that naturally limit populations.
- Indiscriminate killing of coyotes disrupts this social stability, resulting in increased reproduction and pup survival. Read more here and here.
- Coyotes play an important ecological role helping to maintain healthy ecosystems and species diversity. As the top carnivore in some ecosystems, coyotes provide a number of benefits including free rodent control and regulating the number of mesocarnivores (such as skunks, raccoons, and foxes), which in turn helps to boost bird abundance and biodiversity. Read more here.
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