The COVID-19 pandemic didn't just shake up our routines — it changed the behavior of local wildlife too. In Dallas, for example, some of the local wildlife's population sizes have increased and their eating habits have changed.
have been figuring out how to coexist with increasingly visible wildlife since the start of the pandemic.North Texas has always been home to coyotes, bobcats, raccoons and opossums — but they were living elusively before the pandemic, Sutherland says.
"They know our schedules — we've got coyotes that know what day of the week different apartment buildings put their garbage out. They're very capable of monitoring us and learning what we do and when we do things."With more people working from home and spending more time outdoors, animals like coyotes and bobcats have become more comfortable being around people and relying on our trash as a food source.
The higher volume of garbage from our homes has enabled them to grow their families, Sutherland says. "The majority of the wildlife we have here in Texas is highly adaptive, so when they see things that are changing around them, it's a matter of life or death for them," she says. "They have to change their behavior and their habits in order to stay alive and accustom themselves to new activities, whether it's new construction or a higher volume of people coming into their area."The coyotes and bobcats are generally skittish and avoid human contact, but they can pose a risk to
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