campus coyotes

On benches, branches, and bridges: coyote decoys continue to be misplaced around campus

On benches, branches, and bridges: coyote decoys continue to be misplaced around campus

Last week’s edition of Mount Holyoke News covered the recent tampering with non-lethal goose-repellent coyote decoys around campus.

These images display the unusual positions in which the Mount Holyoke community has discovered the decoys over the past week.

Campus coyotes reported missing, college staff takes action

Campus coyotes reported missing, college staff takes action

Mount Holyoke College students have likely noticed the addition of several new plastic canines to campus this semester. Coyote decoys were installed to “keep the Canada goose population to a minimum on [Mount Holyoke’s] campus,” according to the Sept. 27 edition of the “MHC This Week” newsletter.

While these decoys may help repel the goose population, they have attracted another population: thieves.