A central Ohio woman who had hired professional hunters to cull the coyote population from her suburban property has called off the hunt.
Dublin officials say Kelly Rish told two hunters hired to shoot coyotes on her 11-acre Washington Township property not to carry it out. Rish's decision followed public uproar over the hunt on her land, which is surrounded by populated suburban subdivisions. Neighbors worried stray bullets were a bigger danger than the coyotes, which have roamed area yards and killed or injured small pet dogs and cats.