10 yrs would seem to be a long time to cross the Savannah. It's not a big river. But they were not seen on the SRS until 92 or 93. Of that I am sure. Not being seen is not the same as not being there though Brisbane was probably watching pretty closely with traps and what not. We were doing field work every day, so we were in the field more than almost anyone.

It, in no way, could hold 5000 coyotes. That's ridiculous. It's only 20 miles across, roughly round. 770 sq km as I recall.

500 over 3 yrs maybe. Still doubtful. Kilgo is believable to a point, but most of the pigs removed under contract were removed multiple times - so one has to be suspicious of the coyote data if they did it by bidding contracts.

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