Article: Preston County Commission targets coyotes: $25 bounty may be placed on each animal.

Byline: Kathy Plum

Nov. 13--THE PRESTON COUNTY Commission will discuss putting a bounty on coyotes when it meets at 9:30 a.m. today in the courthouse annex.

KINGWOOD -- Preston farmers say they're losing livestock to coyotes, so the Preston County Commission is considering offering a bounty on the canine predators.

Commission President Darwin Wolfe raised the issue at the most recent commission meeting, suggesting a bounty of $25 per coyote, up to a maximum of $1,000, to be paid from the county's dog and sheep fund to hunters and trappers who bring in the coyotes.

Money in the fund comes from collections of dog taxes.

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