WHEREAS the province implemented the Saskatchewan Coyote Control Program as a pilot project in 2009-2010 to combat significant increases in livestock losses due to coyotes.

WHEREAS the Province halted the Saskatchewan Coyote Control Program for unknown reasons.

WHEREAS SARM members have previously submitted coyote-related resolutions in 2011, 2012 and 2018. In 2011 and 2012, the province said it had no plans to re-introduce the coyote control program. In 2018, the province provided no response.

WHEREAS Health Canada has banned strychnine as a poison, increasing Richardson Ground Squirrel populations and thus increasing coyote populations due to an abundance of prey.

WHEREAS there has been a marked increase in coyote populations in Saskatchewan.

WHEREAS existing coyote programs, including the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program, are reactive in dealing with coyotes and fail to reduce coyote populations.

WHEREAS existing coyote programs are largely oriented towards the negative effects of coyotes on agricultural producers and do not account for the negative impacts of coyotes on residential areas (including their effect on human safety and domestic animals).

WHEREAS it would be cost-effective to keep coyote populations in check, especially in known hot spots.

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the provincial government to reinstate the Saskatchewan Coyote Control Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED should the provincial government choose not to reinstate the Saskatchewan Coyote Control Program, that SARM lobby the provincial government to explore alternative measures to control coyote populations within Saskatchewan, such as including coyotes as an approved pest under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership cost-share rebate program.