Historically found on Indiana’s prairie lands thanks to pressure from wolves, coyotes expanded their range after European colonizers killed all of Indiana’s wolf populations in the early 1900s.

Coyotes have bushy tails and average about 25 pounds. The coyote population has slowly increased as they continue to expand into previously unoccupied habitat in all areas of Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources does not remove nuisance wildlife. Landowners may remove a nuisance coyote themselves by shooting or trapping the animal.

Coyotes are also an important member of Indiana’s wildlife community, helping control rodent populations and cleaning up carrion. Coyotes typically weigh between 20-30 pounds and are similar in ...

Indiana wildlife officials are urging Hoosiers to be prepared for, but not alarmed by, an expected increase in coyotes.The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said in a news release they ...

Wild Bulletin, IN DNR Fish and Wildlife: Indiana’s coyotes start to put on their winter fur this time of year. While this makes them look large and fluffy, they weigh in at less than your average ...

CARMEL, Ind. (November 20, 2014) – The number of bobcats and coyotes is growing in Indiana, according to conservation officers with the Department of Natural Resources. Bobcats were once an ...

Indiana DNR is reminding people that seeing coyotes, especially during winter, is normal and should not cause alarm. According to the DNR, coyotes are common everywhere in the state, even in urban ...

Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Project Coyote, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) released the results of an investigation of an Indiana “penning” facility, uncovering extreme animal ...

Five months after four coyotes were confiscated from a residence in Tinley Park, the only animal to survive has been moved to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center. On Sept. 22, representatives from the ...

(NOTE: The video in the player above is from an unrelated story from Oct. 2017.) Indiana DNR officers responded to a call by the boy, who had set the trap to catch coyotes, but found the bobcat in the ...