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From fear to coexistence: Hamden’s changing relationship with predators

Sleeping Giant sits right next to Quinnipiac University and many Hamden residents. The relationship between humans and wildlife has evolved over the years with this close proximity.

Not all giants are sleeping, or even giants for that matter. At the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park, quiet predators move through a landscape of 32 miles of winding trails, dense forest and open land.   The quiet is deceptive. Early in the morning, flashes of tawny fur dart before vanishing into the brush of…