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Urban Coyotes? Blow 'Em Away.

Boston.com columnist Alex Beam suggests one way to handle urban coyotes.

With a recent report of coyote sightings in Boston and the nearby suburbs, one Boston.com columnist has offered a suggestion on how to deal with these sometimes-urban wild animals.

Columnist Alex Beam mentions Brookline, Newton, and a number of other local communities in a column, "They shoot coyotes, don't they?" posted today on Boston.com.

In the article, Beam makes reference to a in which a citizen spotted a coyote in her driveway. Earlier in 2011, a number of other about with these creatures.

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In October, a coyote made news in West Roxbury for his .


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