CWC Municipal Framework
Coyote Watch Canada's Municipal Canid Response Strategy
Coyote Watch Canada, in partnership with Animal Alliance of Canada Fund, is thrilled to announce the launch of our dynamic Municipal Canid Response Strategy (MCRS) to guide government agencies, and animal welfare organizations into 2025 and beyond. Our MCRS cultivates and enhances canid response policy-preparedness to meet the challenges of human-canid coexistence in urban and rural communities. Our ready-to-use document provides the necessary steps and criteria needed to establish a sustainable, humane canid response strategy that adopts best practices and focuses on a multi-pronged approach.
In today’s rapidly changing world, there are many factors to consider when thinking about the effect of human activity on wild animals. Both humans and animals will benefit from considering and implementing policies that reshape community understanding about the intersection of values, culture and science, as well as the One Health intersection of environment, people and animals. Through our ready-to-implement "living document" model, government agencies and policy-makers are able to as needed review, revisit and revise current policies and standard of operations, identify aims, measure outcomes for successful non-lethal coexistence for people and wildlife. We have also developed a draft guideline report that can be presented to council to initiate and highlight the benefits of implementing our Municipal Canid Response Strategy.
Creating wildlife resilient communities begins with compassionate, humane, progressive science-based policies. Our coexistence framework does just that! The goal of the provided information is to encourage appreciation for wild canids and inform people on how to act or behave upon sighting a wild canid. Fear is a common response to situations that people are not accustomed to or don’t have knowledge about. Educational information can help to prevent a fearful reaction to a canid sighting and equip people with the knowledge they need to respond appropriately.
Document Purpose: This document is intended to provide information that can be used when building a Municipal Canid Response Strategy (MCRS), guidelines for reports to Council, and accompanying organizational Standard Operational Procedure (SOP). Resources such as our science-enriched infographics are included as well.
Government Agency Interest: For more information about our Municipal Canid Response Strategy and how to contact Coyote Watch Canada please email info@coyotewatchcanada.com. We are also available to present our MCRS to committees, council members, policymakers and the general public.
