Coyote knocking at my door

5 min read

In our attempt to put nature in order, a versatile animal teaches us an essential lesson. They say coyotes are at my door but I must have been out because I missed them today. Here in our suburban neighborhood, they say coyotes are walking in packs among us. They say they are going to eat our children playing in the backyard and take away our freedom to be outside. They say we must shoot them if they cross our path. They say we should build a Trump-style wall between us and them to protect ourselves. They have a place to say…...

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Maddalena Bearzi Maddalena Bearzi has studied the ecology and conservation of marine mammals for over twenty-five years. She is President and Co-founder of the Ocean Conservation Society, and Co-author of Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins (Harvard University Press). She also works as a photo-journalist and blogger for several publications, including the National Geographic. Her latest book is Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist (Chicago University Press).