How Chicago plans to coexist with the bats, snakes and other animals that call the city home

Coyote by union station
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Coyote by union station
Ryan Stavely / Flickr

How Chicago plans to coexist with the bats, snakes and other animals that call the city home

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Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute and Chicago Animal Care and Control have partnered to protect animals while protecting us from them. The city’s Wildlife Management & Coexistence Plan serves as a model for other major cities across the country in pursuit of responsible, urban wildlife conservation.

Reset checks in with the institute’s director for more on the plan.

GUEST: Seth Magle, director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo