Elk Grove Police Department Working with Scientific Wildlife Management to Monitor Coyote Population

Over the past few months, the Elk Grove Village Police Department has received reports from residents with concerns about increased coyote activity in populated areas. While not all coyote sightings are cause for concern, the police department's top priority is keeping residents and their pets safe.

Therefore, the department is taking a proactive step to strategically address coyote issues or concerns by partnering with Scientific Wildlife Management. Scientific Wildlife Management has worked with many municipalities throughout the Chicagoland Area and is led by Rob Erikson, one of the nation's leading experts on the topic of urban coyote management.

Erickson is enlisting the help of the community to get a better understanding of the village's coyote population and patterns. Residents are requested to report any coyote concerns, issues, or contacts to Scientific Wildlife Management. The webpage is user friendly and provides valuable data, such as location of the coyote sighting, the physical condition of the coyote, and the behavior of the coyote.

Through hiring Scientific Wildlife Management, the village will be provided with understanding monitoring and management of the coyote population in order to mitigate any threatening coyote encounters. Scientific Wildlife Management will review the information that residents provide through the online portal. Residents are requested to report all unusual coyote behavior, so Scientific Wildlife Management can accurately investigate coyote concerns.

Additionally, Elk Grove Village staff would like to remind residents to not feed coyotes or wild animals, leave pet food/water outside, put food products into compost piles, or leave pets outside without supervision.

Residents and members of the community are asked to report coyote sightings at www.scientificwildlifemanagement.com under the "Coyote Sightings" tab.