Monsanto trapping coyotes to help control population

In recent years, coyotes have been blamed for a number of missing pets both on the East Bank and West Bank of St. Charles Parish. Now, Monsanto is trying to help control the coyote population by trapping the predators at the Monsanto facility in Luling.

"We have 1,100 acres of perfect land for them," he said. "We have no control over them at the plant. They breed at will and they have no natural predators."

Fremen said trapping on the property began as a cooperative agreement between the plant and the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office after deputies found a coyote that had been run over on a road adjacent to the plant.

"We had rules and there was absolutely no trapping in the site," Fremen said. "We had to talk to the plant manager to get the program approved."

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"The problem is the coyotes have gone unchecked for the past ten years," Fremen said. "We've estimated there are probably 60 to 100 coyotes. So we are trying to get rid of them."

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