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SF Gate reported on the findings of a study on the dies of San Francisco coyotes. A few findings included

The highest overall contributor to coyote diets in San Francisco was anthropogenic, or human-origin, food, which was identified in 78% of the samples collected. The data was most frequently traced back to coyotes dwelling in parts of the city with more manmade land cover, like asphalt and brick.

The second most commonly eaten food group in San Francisco’s coyotes was small mammals, which were found in 73.8% of the collected samples and include invasive pest species such as black rats, Norway rats and house mice,

Read story at SF’s coyotes are going after an unexpected source of prey, study shows