Comparison of Injuries to Coyote From 3 Types of Cable Foot-Restraints

We compared injury rates among captured coyotes (Canis latrans) to determine if modifications to cable foot-restraints would decrease resulting injuries. Mean International Standardization Organization's injury scores of coyotes caught in 3 types of cable foot-restraints were 22.2, 37.9, and 60.4 (F(2,41) = 4.63, P = 0.015) for a chain-loop, standard cable, and sleeved cable, respectively. These results may be important for trappers and researchers to consider when using a cable foot-restraint device to capture wildlife. (JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 73(8): 1441-1444; 2009)