A resident reported the dog missing Wednesday and told police she suspected coyotes, but there was no evidence that a wild canine was involved, police said.
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Here’s why there are so many coyotes and why they are spreading so fast
For eons, coyotes roamed what is now the western United States, with its wide-open plains. Then came European settlers, who cut down forests for farms and ranches in a steady east-west march. Along the way, they killed large predators such as pumas and wolves to protect livestock and for their own safety. The predators they […]
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Coyotes surviving in East, including Maine woods, by becoming more 'wolflike'
In this 2008 photo provided by Josh Harrison, a coyote stands in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. Coyotes have lived in the East since the 1930s, and recent genetic tests have shown they are actually a mixture of coyote, wolf and dog. And scientists say they might be getting genetically closer to wolves, helping […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Maine coyotes aren't any more wolf than they've ever been
As former Maine deer biologist, Gerry Lavigne reported recently in the SAM News that there has been a flurry of media coverage — with stories on TV and in print — purporting that Maine’s Eastern coyote is getting larger and taking on more wolf-like characteristics. Is it true? Is our coyote, which started showing up […]
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H.S. Baseball: Yarmouth downs Old Town for first Class B state title
STANDISH — The matchup on paper for the Class B baseball state championship looked to be heavily in Old Town’s favor. The Coyotes were not only the No. 1 seed coming out of the North region, but they were also the defending state champions. Yarmouth, meanwhile, was the No. 9 seed from the South and […]
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Class B softball: Old Town, behind 19 Ks from McKenna Smith, stop Fryeburg
STANDISH — McKenna Smith didn’t allow herself to think about how she was pitching for seven innings. According to Old Town’s team rule, she’s only allowed to think about each out, hit, or otherwise for just seven seconds. She’ll have plenty of time to think about her pitching performance now. In what might be an […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Controlling coyotes saves deer
Jim Schmidt has been working with coyotes for more than 50 years. As a wildlife specialist for the USDA, he has been involved in coyote damage control throughout the country. He has hunted them, trapped them, snared them, chased them with hounds and chased them on horseback. He has also lived remotely with them for […]
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Baseball state championships: Mostly favorites in finals, but some surprises
The Northern Maine baseball playoffs played out like they were supposed to on paper, with the top seeds in each class advancing to the state championships. That was partly the case in southern Maine, except Sacopee Valley in Class C was an underdog who then ended another underdog story, and in Class B, Freeport flipped […]
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Suppression program has coyotes on the run
Finally it can be said. The statewide effort to control Maine’s major deer predator – the coyote – is working. This is very good news! Coyote numbers have been excessive and the predators have been doing a number on wintering deer, already hard pressed by population drops, deep snows and prolonged cold spells. A two-pronged […]
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Lincoln police warn residents to avoid coyotes after officer shoots one near McDonald’s
LINCOLN — Police warned residents to avoid coyotes Thursday after an officer was forced to shoot one near McDonald’s earlier this week. Coyotes and many other wild animals have lived on and near the paper mill property on Katahdin Avenue and in nearby woods for many years, police and Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC paper […]