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NPS file photo of a coyote.
News Release Date: June 20, 2019
Contact: NPS Investigative Services Branch, Tips: 888-653-0009
US Park Rangers of Wind Cave National Park are seeking the public's help to identify those responsible for the recent illegal shooting of a coyote. Sometime between the evening hours of May 19 and the early morning hours of May 20, 2019, an unknown party shot and killed the animal near the intersection of SD 87 and US Highway 385 in the park.
If you have information that could aid this investigation, please contact us. You don't have to tell us who you are, but please tell us what you know: go.usa.gov/xPd8J
CALL or TEXT the ISB Tip Line 888-653-0009
ONLINE www.nps.gov/ISB and click "Submit a Tip"
EMAIL nps_isb@nps.gov
EMERGENCY dial 9-1-1
Wind Cave National Park protects one of the longest and most complex caves in the world - and above that, the eastern tall grass prairie meets the western short grass prairie. It is also where the mountains meet the plains. The park's diverse mixture of habitats is home to coyotes and many other species of wildlife. Coyotes (Canis latrans) are intelligent and adaptable. Sometimes called “song dogs,” they communicate with each other by a variety of long-range vocalizations.
ISB: the Investigative Services Branch of the National Park Service
www.nps.gov/ISB
Last updated: June 20, 2019