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Review of Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Date of this Version
Fall 2017
Document Type
Article
Citation
Human–Wildlife Interactions (Fall 2017) 11(2): article 14
doi: 10.26077/j17v-2w87
Special topic: Cosmopolitan coyotes
Abstract
Studies of the American West have long been interspersed with cultural tales of promise and adventure, spiritual views of landscapes, environmental challenges, and human–wildlife conflicts. Although historians and scientists acknowledge these relationships, they often keep to discipline-specific methodologies and practices. Few have examined how a mixture of natural, supernatural, and secular can reveal new findings in their pursuits.
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Coyote America makes clear that as wildlife scientists face a host of cultural, political, technological, and environmental challenges related to predator control, their work would benefit from careful study of one of the American West’s oldest citizens. As Flores concludes: “We ought to value the coyotes trott ing through our yards for the avatar stand-in role they play for us. Humanity faces what from all best indications looks to be a noir future, a daunting challenge, environmentally and ecologically…I for one am going to be watching coyotes very, very closely to see just what they do” (248).