By Terry Miller If you’ve noticed, it’s a bit warmer and summer is certainly here. Many of our wildlife friends are seeking water, food and perhaps a cool splash in your pool or pond. For the most part, they are not a threat to humans—unless provoked. Bear sightings near the foothills always increase in summer…
After doing the math, the former mayor of Arcadia has her own solutions to solve the coyote problem By Monica Sanchez At a city council meeting on July 18, the former mayor of Arcadia, Gail Marshall, presented her math results on how many coyotes would reside along residents in a timespan of four years. Marshall’s…
The City wipes slate clean; directs City staff to prepare new plan By Daniel Garay Arcadia City Council, on the last City Council meeting of Mayor Tom Beck’s first term, voted at the end to rescind all actions taken in a two week period last February regarding actions taken to deal with the infamous…
This tough approach is the largest overhaul of abatement regulations since they were imposed on the City in 1972 By Daniel Garay At the City Council meeting on March 21, Ordinance No. 2346 was introduced by unanimous agreement from council members. This ordinance amends the abatement regulations in the municipal code to allow the City…
Mayor votes against trapper hiring in lone dissent Story by Daniel Garay Photos by Terry Miller A three hour showdown took place in Arcadia City Council chambers on the night of Feb. 21 as the Council was ready to choose a trapper to begin coyote population control measures. It was a Pyrrhic victory for coyote…
Dear Editor, My organization’s constituency was highly vocal in anguish over hearing of the Feb. 7 decision of the Arcadia City Council’s decision to begin trapping and killing the city’s coyotes. Coyotes are the southland’s ubiquitous rural, suburban and urban wildlife. It is the exception for communities to resort to lethal methods to control coyote…
If you see a coyote wandering the streets that is not causing harm, there is nothing to do other than perhaps trying to scare it away if you are walking nearby. If you are walking with a small child or animal you would certainly want to pick them up and remove yourself, the child…
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