Conservation officers justified their decision to remove a pack of ten coyotes from a small island by claiming that the coyotes, which preyed on wild cats and plover, were decimating the plover population and would soon wipe it out
After the coyotes were removed, however, the plover population plummeted dramatically, and within two years plover could no longer be found on the island
Coyotes are not susceptible to any of the diseases that commonly infect plover or wild cats.