CITY COUNCIL – Manhattan Beach will not trap and kill coyotes, for now
by Mark McDermott The defenders of coyotes descended upon Manhattan Beach Tuesday night. They implored the City Council to refrain from trapping or killing the animals, whose presence locally has been on the rise, and who have allegedly killed at least two pet cats. For now, local coyotes won a reprieve. The Council backed a non-lethal management plan that focuses on public education to remove the food sources that have apparently attracted a pack of coyotes to Manhattan Beach. Mayor Steve Napolitano broke a 2-2 tie among his council colleagues, and came down, somewhat warily, in favor of holding off trapping the coyote pack, which a wildlife expert told the council is led by a mating pair, or a “king and queen,” who cross into the city from Redondo Beach. “I do have concern for the loss of our pets here, and I do put the residents, and the pets over the coyotes,” Napolitano said. “In this instance, I am willing to do six more months of the police management program to see how that goes…If we have a whole lot more killings out there, then I’ll be ready to trap.” Representatives from the Humane Society, In Defense of Animals, Protect the Wolves, Union Members for the Preservation…
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