... with the Poplar Creek Forest Preserve during 2000. More than 99 percent of the radio-locations are located within the forest preserve, and the animal (and pack) rarely left the park for ... overlap, so the coyotes obviously defend these areas from other groups. In rural areas, especially where hunting and trapping are common, the group may only consist of the alpha pair and the pups.Although ... day, and in the vast majority of cases, the coyotes are still serving as ghosts of the cities, much as they did on the plains. But coyotes are watching and learning from us; we influence their...