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They shoot coyotes, don’t they?

Apparently the answer is ‘no’ if you live in Greater Boston, where local and state officials shrug despite howls for action

By Alex Beam

 |  Globe Columnist  

  January 10, 2012

Seriously, this lowbrow Man vs. Wild comedy has to stop. For at least a decade, coyotes have been carrying off household pets and threatening people all over Boston, notably in such posh, hair-trigger suburbs such as Newton, Belmont, and Brookline. The city of Belmont’s website has a neat, interactive map that allows citizens to post coyote sightings. Let’s just say it looks as if there are a lot more coyotes in Belmont than Dunkin’ Donuts outlets.

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