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The City of Calabasas has scheduled
a “Coyote Education Night” on
Monday February 27, 2012 at
7:00pm in Founders Hall at the
Calabasas Public Library. The
program will feature experts sharing
valuable knowledge about safe
co-existence with these native
animals in urban environment,
including presentations by Dr. Alex
Farassati, City’s Environmental
Services Manager, Dr. Seth Riley
with the National Park Service, Ms.
Cindy Reyes, Executive Director of
California Wildlife Center and Ms.
Camilla H. Fox, Founder and
Executive Director of Project
Coyote. The program’s topics will
include coyote ecology, do’s and
don’ts of living near coyotes, steps
homeowners can take to protect their
property and pets, as well as
information on the City of Calabasas
Coyote Management Plan.
Dr.
Seth Riley representing the National
Park Service is also the assistant
adjunct professor at the UCLA
Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology. Dr. Riley’s
research focuses on the ecology and
conservation of wildlife in
fragmented urban landscapes. She has
published numerous articles on this
topic.
As
the Executive Director of California
Wildlife Center (CWC), Ms. Cindy
Reyes has over 10 years of
experience with wildlife
rehabilitation. CWC provides
rehabilitative care for all native
California wildlife, rehabilitation
and release of sick/injured/orphaned
coyotes.
A
leading advocate for fostering
humane and ecologically sound
solutions to human-wildlife
conflicts, Ms. Fox has spearheaded
numerous campaigns focused on
protecting native carnivores and
fostering humane, ecologically sound
solutions to human-wildlife
conflicts.
Attendees are encouraged to share
the knowledge they gain with
businesses, HOAs and other
organizations. The program is free,
and RSVPs can be made via email to
coyotes@cityofcalabasas.com.
The
Calabasas Library is located at 200
Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA
91302.
Please communicate this message with
other interested individuals,
especially people living in
proximity of the coyote country.
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