Torrance adopts new approach to coyotes, ends routine trapping

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Elizabeth Chavolla, as published by NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) · September 21, 2026 · 1 min read

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Torrance has voted to end a nearly decade-long practice of routinely trapping and killing coyotes, shifting toward nonlethal methods aimed at reducing conflicts between the animals and residents. The Torrance City Council voted Sept. 15 to discontinue the year-round trapping program. The city, ho...

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