Miranda Torkelson, Kaylyn Goertz, Holly Hovanec and Melanie Iverson, University of Wisconsin-Madison (IMAGE)
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During a winter morning on Dec. 15, 2015, a group of student veterinarians from the School of Veterinary Medicine help draw a blood sample from a sedated, 36-pound adult coyote caught at Curtis Prairie at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum as part of a research effort to study the behavior of growing fox and coyote populations in the city of Madison. Pictured from left to right are veterinarians Miranda Torkelson, Kaylyn Goertz, Holly Hovanec and Melanie Iverson. The research, called the UW UrbanCanid Project and led by David Drake (knelling at center), associate professor of forest and wildlife ecology, involves setting fox and coyote restraints, checking the traps twice a day, recording the animals' medical information and attaching radio collars to allow future monitoring.
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