Brynn McLellan, 2019 AABI graduate (recipient of Medal in Applied Biology), recently published her research from her undergraduate thesis project. The manuscript “Efficacy of motion-activated sprinklers as a humane deterrent for urban coyotes” is now available online in the journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Brynn’s work was a collaborative effort with the Stanley Park Ecology Society and home owners in the Metro Vancouver Regional District. Brynn is now continuing on her work with wildlife through her pursuit of a MSc at Trent University working on a black bear monitoring project.
Read the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10871209.2020.1781985
September 17, 2018
CBC reported on a study by UBC and Stanley Park Ecology Society that aims to capture coyotes in urban settings on camera.
“[Coyotes are] used to living in an environment….where they are good at hiding and making their presence not really known,” said Dr. Kristen Walker, a UBC animal welfare biologist. UBC student Brynn McLellan will be completing her undergraduate thesis on this project.
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This may be out of the bounds of your study, but for your interest, there is a pack of coyotes living in urban Maple Ridge.
Their habitat seems to be in the bushes north of Lougheed Highway between 240 St and Kanaka Road (east end of Haney Bypass).
They can frequently be heard howling as a pack at various times during the day.