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found that urban coyotes had similar antibodies and pathogens to coyotes in general, and had a survival rate in the city of 72% for any given year, on average. A study in 2007 suggested that coyotes were "successful in adjusting to an urbanized landscape" with high survival rates, and are frequently
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attempted to relocate that coyote family in August of the same year as the coyotes had become too friendly and people were attempting to feed them. The Port
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pets, and live anywhere from parks to industrial areas. The researchers estimated that there are up to 2,000 coyotes living in the
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