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Jay Butfiloski, the furbearer and alligator program coordinator with the state’s Natural Resources Department, could not be reached on Tuesday.

Historically, trapping has brought many furbearer species, such as the American beaver, to the brink of extinction.

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife supports the town’s plan to eliminate the coyotes, said Dave Wattles, the black bear and furbearer project leader with the division.

“To hamper our recreational and agriculture communities by protecting an unregulated furbearer is unjustified,” he said.

Jay Butfiloski, the furbearer and alligator program coordinator with the state’s Natural Resources Department, said that it had seen an “increased frequency” over the past couple years in alligator attacks but “it’s still a pretty rare event.”