NEW: Animal advocates are calling for alternatives to coyotes and foxes being trapped and used in Ontario dog training areas.
Advocates are hoping the Ontario government will consider alternatives to off-leash dogs for the purpose of tracking wild animals—such as foxes, rabbits and coyotes—as officials push forward with a proposal to expand training areas in the province.that will see licences issued to operators of fenced-in train and trial areas, where sport dogs can learn to track wildlife.
Under the law, operators of these enclosures need to ensure certain standards of care for wildlife, and adhere to “minimum standards for facility size and areas of wildlife refuge.” This includes bushed areas and escape routes or culverts where animals can hide from the dogs within.
“If the coyote is cornered in a place where they can't get into the culvert, then they are often set upon by dogs. And unless there's some kind of intervention by the people who are training these dogs, the dogs will are very likely to kill the coyote.” “These areas are huge, like they're hectares in size,” she emphasized. “They've got all kinds of cover and escape routes that, honestly, the interactions I have sure are just extremely minimal.”for train and trial areas. Those that use coyotes must be licensed for an enclosure that is at least 80 hectares—or the size of about 200 football fields.
A coyote walks through Coronation Park in Toronto on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Following a string of unprovoked coyote attacks on humans in Burlington, Ont., in recent weeks, experts agree that the animals' aggressive behaviour is more than likely the result of humans intentionally feeding them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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