Why are predators such as coyotes and wolves seen as pests?

Coyotes have since taken advantage of human activities (including the reduction of gray wolf populations) to expand their range throughout North and Central America. ... Undisturbed and hungry coyotes will hunt during daylight hours, and may be seen following farm machinery, catching voles and other small prey. read more

They are known as pests because they affect human life. Where tigers prey on African farmers’ livestock, they are a pest, but elsewhere in the world they’re seen as beautiful and endangered. read more

Wolves regard coyotes as competitors, and because they are larger they do kill them. However, not every interaction between wolves and coyotes is antagonistic because wolves throughout North America have traces of coyote DNA. read more

Some top predators have been introduced by humans, such as dingos in Australia, while others have taken over after humans have extirpated the ecosystem’s natural top predators, such as coyotes in the US after wolves and mountain lions vanished. read more

Alaskan and Yellowstone wolves have 8 to 8.5% coyote ancestry, Great Lakes wolves have 21.7 to 23.9% coyote ancestry, Algonquin wolves have at least 32.5 to 35.5% coyote ancestry, and Quebec sequences have more than 50% coyote ancestry.” The general rule is they hate each other and never interbreed, but there are exceptions. read more