Reminder that coyotes are in urban areas

[ChickaD]

Talk about survival of the fittest...and fastest. It seems the coyote part of the food chain is no longer kept in check by the next larger predator up the ladder, not to mention their uncanny ability to adapt to our civilized turf. I wonder if there's a sensible solution we can all live with.

 

[the1much]

we have about 250,000 people in the city i live on the outskirts of, the city next to us more people,,and we listen to 8 or 9 packs howling every night. ive even had to shoot 1 in my yard at 1 in the afternoon.
and tho it sounds mean, if ANY KIND of dog comes in your yard, and you shoot off a warning shot,, and they dont run, your next shot MUST be a kill shot!!

 

[ChickaD]

Just a thought...but if coyotes are already this gutsy, can you imagine how they'd be with rabies???

 

[the1much]

they usually arent so gutsy,, i remember when you used to be lucky to see 1 EVER,,, down here they came out cause of NO rain and 100f heat for a month. that and they have NO CHOICE but to get used to us,, we keep putting our houses on TOP of theirs.

 

[balticbabe]

Coyotes are everywhere I think

At night I have seen coyotes at/on I-90, SR-520, a park & ride lot, running through Microsoft's campus, running in front of my car on various roads.

During the day I've only seen one once eating a deer on the side of a suburban road.

Two years ago a few people were bitten at a park in Bellevue WA, a city of 120,000. A cop shot one coyote. Two others were trapped to check for rabies which they were found not to have. They were just some brave coyotes.

This year I haven't heard of any attacks on people, just cats and dogs. People probably don't report chicken attacks.

 

[the1much]

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i report to my wife every time i get attacked by chickens!!

 

[IcedMochaChick]

Yep, I've seen a coyote cross the street right in midtown. Just wandering through people's yards, like a neighborhood dog. I've also seen fox, since we're talking about predators. That's in a city of about 500k people.

 

[amazondoc]

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For hoofstock like deer and such, there have been several experiments with developing contraceptive vaccines for overpopulated wild animals. It keeps them from being able to get pregnant for several years at a time.

I haven't followed the progress of that research in the last few years, but if that actually got up and running it might provide good control without the arguments about either killing or relocating. Of course, then many hunters would be unhappy 'cause they wouldn't have as much to shoot at!

 

[Curlita]

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Balticbabe, I live in Seattle and work in Issaquah -- I saw a coyote running across the street in Issy in the broad daylight. I think she was following the creek -- it provides a kind of greenbelt for them.

 

[balticbabe]

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My SO does the same

Balticbabe, I live in Seattle and work in Issaquah -- I saw a coyote running across the street in Issy in the broad daylight. I think she was following the creek -- it provides a kind of greenbelt for them.

I forgot about the one I saw at the Issaquah Target. Like I said, they're everywhere.