Hunting
In the United States, approximately 250,000 coyotes and 1,000 wolves were killed by human hunters in 1989.1
Trapping
In the United States, 197,234 coyotes; 86,734 red foxes; 51,354 gray foxes; 1353 gray wolves; 447 kit and swift foxes; and 190 Arctic foxes were killed and reported by trappers in 2002—many more may have been unreported.
In the United States, approximately 250,000 coyotes and 1,000 wolves were killed by human hunters in 1989.1
Trapping
In the United States, 197,234 coyotes; 86,734 red foxes; 51,354 gray foxes; 1353 gray wolves; 447 kit and swift foxes; and 190 Arctic foxes were killed and reported by trappers in 2002—many more may have been unreported.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1989
