too much nature in New York

[Brad De Long]

>
>There have been some noises about re-introducing
>wolves.  This has raised no small amount of opposition
>in the Adirondack forests and would I think turn into
>outright hysteria in the suburban zones.  Not to
>mention thaht people will start hitting wolves with
>their cars.
>

We have coyotes. I recently learned that in deer-intensive regions (like
Tilden Park, behind U.C. Berkeley) coyotes form packs: the cubs stay with
the parents for several years and hunt together in packs of 5 to 8.

We saw a group of three (coyotes, not deer) in our backyard last week. The
Labrador then found a deer foreleg--up to the shoulder blade, with fur,
skin, meat, and hoof still attached--in the creekbed 50 yards from our
house.

Since a coyote weighs twice as much as the five year old, a pack of eight
coyotes...

Brad DeLong