Released on: October 12, 2007, 11:41 am

Press Release Author: erica lambert

Industry:

Press Release Summary: Coyotes are becoming a major nuisance in cities and towns
across America. Wolf urine could be a natural solution to the growing problem.

Press Release Body: In cities and suburbs across America, the coyote has taken up
residence in a new habitat where food is plentiful and the living is easy. According
to Stanley Gehrt, an assistant professor of environmental and natural resources at
Ohio State University, "This animal\'s amazing ability to thrive in metropolitan
areas has greatly surprised scientists" Gehrt is in the sixth year of a multi-year
study of coyote behavior in urban Chicago. But the problem is not limited to
Chicago, coyotes are becoming a major nuisance in cities and towns across America.
It is estimated that there are over 5000 coyotes roaming the streets in Los Angeles
County alone.

\"As cities expand and homes, shopping centers and office buildings go up in areas
where coyotes have previously lived or hunted, the two environments will sometimes
conflict,\" said Jeff Ripley, director of Texas Cooperative Extension in Travis
County.

One unique solution to this problem is the use of wolf urine as a deterrent.
According to Ken Johnson of Maine-based Lexington Outdoors, wolves are one of the
coyotes few natural predators and they instinctively seek to avoid areas where they
believe wolves are present. Lexington Outdoors sells wolf urine which is used to
mark an area with the distinctive scent of wolves. According to Johnson, "in the
wild, the scent of urine is the primary way animals communicate. That is how they
find a prey, find a mate and how they keep form becoming prey themselves."

Mark Twain called coyotes \"the most friendless of God\'s creatures\", but these
animals are incredibly adaptable. Coyotes have found that there is abundant food
wherever humans are present, so urban and suburban areas have proven to be a very
hospitable environment in which to settle.

That is why the idea of using the natural wild flight instinct triggered by the
scent of the coyote's natural predator is so intriguing. Could it be possible that
the solution to the coyote problem is not in chemicals or high-tech devices, but
rather in nature itself? Lexington Outdoors seems to think so and Johnson says they
sell a lot of wolf pee to people in California, Nevada and other problem coyote
areas that seem to agree as well. Wolf Urine is available at the company's website,
www.predatorpee.com or by calling 207-794-8232.


Web Site: http://www.predatorpee.com

Contact Details: 33 Lakeview St.
Lincoln, ME 04457
207-794-8232
erica@lexingtonoutdoors.com