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Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

Yes, Chicago has coyotes. No, they won’t hurt you.

Stanley Gehrt is a Chicago-based researcher and author who focuses his studies on urban coyotes. His new book “Coyotes Among Us: Secrets of the City's Top Predator” explores over two decades of research on these animals that are living in and around Chicago. In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Gehrt about our wild canine neighbors. Plus, we answer the age-old question: Are coyotes actually wily?

Stay in the loop with the Windy City’s biggest news.

   

Stanley Gehrt is a Chicago-based researcher and author who focuses his studies on urban coyotes. His new book “Coyotes Among Us: Secrets of the City's Top Predator” explores over two decades of research on these animals that are living in and around Chicago. 

In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Gehrt about our wild canine neighbors. Plus, we answer the age-old question: Are coyotes actually wily?

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