I believe it's the other way around. I think the insurance companies have been behind this for years. They're the ones pushing the state agencies.
When I worked in the automotive repair busines in Pa. in the early 2000s ,at a State Farm meeting , one of their people were patting them selves on the back for funding the importation and release of coyotes to limit their exposure to deer collisions, It had not completely planned out yet in that area, but the numbers of deer were dropping and coyotes went from being in cartoons , to being seen every day while hunting........
