W aterfront Festival Fun Hot was the word for this year's Oakville Waterfront Festival...hot entertainment and hot weather. Alison Wodar, 3, (right) found the ideal way to cool off while Steve Delaney (below) didn't seem to mind the sun during a professional beach volley ball game. Dog days they were but that didn't stop 'Bubba' and his owner Don Oliver from putting on a show during the Super Dogs program. Food vendor John Roberts (right below) found a hose the best way to cool off. The entertainment stage at Coronation Park was sur rounded by people through out the three-day festival and what better way to cap off the celebration than with a fireworks display. There's more on the Festival in the Focus and Entertainment sections. Trapping coyotes futile says expert They'll have bigger litters By Howard Maze! OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Attempting to trap and kill unwanted coyotes in Oakville is a waste of time, says the executive director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre. Nathalie Karvonen explained that ridding a given area of a handful of coyotes will simply encourage others to take their place and will actually increase their population in the long run. A dog belonging to Eighth Line resident Betty Shilson's daughter was killed on June 11th at midnight in the fenced side yard of Shilson's home only 10 feet from the door. Six of her neighbours have hired a trapper recommended by Studies show that when coyote populations drop dramatically, the surviving animals have from 10-14 off spring to m ake up the difference the Ministry of Natural Resources to capture and kill the animals for $80 a head. Shilson explained the trapper will first catch the animals then shoot them. "Coyotes are almost impossible to live-trap, they're so smart," said Karvonen, who explained that the only remotely effec tive system is one in which the animals are surreptitiously corralled and gradually "funneled" into traps. Even if the trapper managed to kill 10 or 12 adults, said Karvonen, that would leave 50 or 60 pups to starve to death. Hard-hearted as that scenario plays out, even this would not rid the neighbourhood of coyotes, she added. Karvonen said studies exist which reveal that, when coy ote populations drop dramatically, other coyotes have larg er litters - as many as 10 to 14 at one time. Contrary to popular belief, coyotes are not stranded in urban locations by development but are free to range else where at any time. They stay, said Karvonen, because there are adequate hiding places and food sources. If these factors remain constant, so will the coyotes. "They have their place in our eco-system," she said. (S ee 'C oyo tes ' page 3) to d a y's p a p er Editorials............................................ .A6 Focus___ ...____________________ B1 Business.............. 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