Residents of a Dallas suburb might’ve heard gunfire early Wednesday morning as the city worked to reduce its coyote population, officials told WFAA-TV.
The city of DeSoto announced Monday that it would begin a “coyote removal operation” at 2 a.m. today in 7 square miles of land near I-35E. Professional marksmen with USDA Wildlife Services — authorized under federal wildlife management protocols — were expected to be riding through targeted areas and shooting coyotes from their vehicles, WFAA reported.
Since June, coyotes have killed residential pets — “several small dogs” — but no attack on people has been reported, according to WFAA…