Editorial Policy

This is general information, not veterinary, medical or legal advice. For an injured or aggressive animal, a bite, a pet attack or a suspected rabies exposure, call your doctor, your vet, local animal control, or the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD).

Last updated November 14, 2026. This policy explains how CoyoteBytes writes and checks its guides to living with urban coyotes in Green Valley, Pima County and the rest of Arizona.

Who writes and reviews

Our pages are written by the CoyoteBytes Editorial Team, a desk byline rather than one person. Every page is reviewed by the editorial desk against the cited sources. The desk claims no wildlife-biology, veterinary or medical credential. We are not experts in those fields, and we do not present the desk as one.

What we use as sources

We cite only primary sources that we have opened: the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), the CDC, the Arizona Department of Health Services, Pima County, university extension services such as UC IPM and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and county animal care and control agencies. We do not use forums, other blogs, commercial repellent or product pages, or unnamed experts. If the agencies do not say something, we write it qualitatively or leave it out.

Safety rules we follow

• We do not advise feeding, baiting, trapping, relocating, poisoning, shooting or otherwise harming wildlife. Where the law is discussed, we say what the rules say and tell you to confirm with AZGFD.
• We describe hazing as the agencies describe it, and never for a coyote that looks sick, is cornered or is protecting pups; in those cases the advice is to keep your distance and call.
• For rabies we use CDC wording. Any bite or scratch, or any contact between a pet and a wild animal, means calling a doctor or vet and local animal control.
• Rule and law pages carry a “checked on” date and a link to the AZGFD or statute page.
• We do not publish AI-generated wildlife images.

Review and updates

Each page shows a last-reviewed date. We re-check pages when an agency changes its guidance and review important pages regularly. Dates change only when we have actually re-checked or changed the content.

Independence

We do not sell products, run affiliate links or accept paid placements. We state any partnership openly.

Corrections

If you find a mistake, a dead source link or an out-of-date rule, email info@coyotebytes.org with the page address and what you found, or use our contact page. We check the report against the original source and correct the page when we are wrong.

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