Coyote problems

[HititHard]

Call this guy.

[linkshero]

Coyote's are incredibly timid creatures, and even if they weren't, they usually spend the majority of their time around the US- Mexico boarder expediting immigration. I'm not sure how they find the time to mess with your neighborhood pets?

Are you sure it's not one of these, I hear they are spreading like locust........

[edr247]

"The dingo stole my baby" sorry, had to do it.

LOL. I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw the story, and was typing up my previous post.

[aeroclone]

I'm not so sure the fence solution will do the trick. From what I have found, you need to have a taller fence, like around 6 feet, before they can't jump over them. And even then, they can always dig. I've also heard about the possibility of adding coyote rollers to the tops of smaller fences. Who knows where you could get with either of those and your association.

You could always see if the city will do some trapping. I live in southern JoCo, and I know there were some dogs killed about a year ago in the 135th street area in Leawood and Overland Park, and I think the cities both tried to trap them.

I just keep an eye on my smaller dogs when they are out after dark. I've also taken to leaving my exterior lights on in my backyard as I've heard that the coyotes prefer to stick to poorly lit areas.

[Wesley]

I would get a big dog from the pound and put Fido Gigantus outside with your electric fence. He will be cheap protection against coyotes and robbers. Feed him meat scented with coyote.

[burn587]

Our yard backs up to a wooded area. Our neighborhood is having a growing problem with coyotes. Several dogs and cats have been taken... some right out of the front yard.

We have a couple of smaller dogs and 5 cats that roam around our yard. Anyone know how to keep these away? Our association does not allow fences. They seem pretty fearless. We have an electric fence but I haven't been able to get close enough to put a collar on any of them.

I can't believe a homeowner's association wouldn't allow fences yet would allow you to let your cats roam around the neighborhood. Hell I think almost all cities have leash laws so number 1 I'd say just keep your cats inside. But I'm with everyone else, organize with the city and if they don't do anything, shoot the bastards.

[RideRdie4life]

Last summer, I was driving north on Ward Parkway, a mile or so from the Plaza and saw a coyote carrying something that it had killed/found.

We have two small dogs, but have a very tall fence, and try to keep an eye on them at night, as they've killed some small dogs in our hood recently.

I saw one in OP right by Von Maur. I did a triple-take just to make sure. They be creepin.

[ZJohnson]

Have a little group hunt. Yote hunting is fun as hell. I guess if you are within city limits that won't work.

[CloneIce]

LOL. Ambiguous pronouns FTW...

Anyway, I'd recommend revisiting the fence option with your association, along with others who are concerned about their pets. Actually the fact you guy are allowed to have pets would make me think that you'd want to have fences to prevent animals from roaming the neighborhood, but whatev.

Small pets aside, if these coyotes become bolder, they could start attacking humans. Would people want to live somewhere where their small children couldn't play outside because they might get taken by coyotes?

Coyotes attacking people?

Sorry, maybe a rabid or sick one that was cornered would fight, but coyotes aren't a danger to humans. And the idea that they might take small children is just ridiculous.

[edr247]

Coyotes attacking people?

Sorry, maybe a rabid or sick one that was cornered would fight, but coyotes aren't a danger to humans. And the idea that they might take small children is just ridiculous.

You're right, it's never happened, nor is it a possibility.

Coyotes kill Toronto singer in Cape Breton - Nova Scotia - CBC News

Here are the attacks I know about, which is undoubtedly not a complete list:

• 1993. A coyote bit a Fallbrook, California boy as he slept on the deck of his home. (SDUT 1/3/95, B1)
• 7/20/95. Fifteen-month-old Erica Galvin of Reno, Nev., suffered seven puncture wounds to her right thigh when a coyote sneaked up on her about 4 p.m. Thursday near the merry-go-round and tennis courts at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The coyote was scared away by her mother. (SDUT 7/24/95, A3)
• 6/13/96. A 3-year-old Palo Alto boy was attacked by a 2-year-old male coyote at the Windy Hills Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley, near Los Altos, CA. As the family was packing up the car after a picnic, the coyote used his teeth to grab the boy by the hand and drag him toward nearby bushes. The boy was playing with a Frisbee which was also bit by the coyote. The boy's 15-year-old brother scared away the coyote. The coyote was later trapped, and DNA testing (from the Frisbee) was attempted to make the id certain. This was the first attack in the 25 year history of this Preserve. (Los Altos Town Crier 7/24/96)
• 10/96? (< 4/11/97). A 40-year-old woman jogger in Benkelman, Nebraska, was bitten on the leg when a coyote attacked her as she jogged around an athletic track. (Animal Damage Control Program of the USDA)
• 2/17/97. Lauren Bridges, a 40 pound, 4-year-old girl, was attacked by a 40 pound female coyote when she left her vacation rental on Saddle Road in South Lake Tahoe, CA. The coyote knocked her to the ground and began biting her face, the only part not covered by ski clothes. Her father heard her screams and pulled the coyote off his daughter as it continued ripping at her face with its teeth. Lauren required 22 stitches for 16 wounds to the girl's face, neck and scalp, out of a total of over 30 puncture wounds. One of the puncture wounds came within a centimeter of her jugular vein. The father was not bitten, and the coyote was killed moments later by a police officer. (Tahoe World region 2/24/97, 2/19/97 and 3/5/97) In the previous month at South Lake Tahoe, Supervisor John Upton reported that a man was bitten by a coyote, other skiers were chased by coyotes, and children walking to school were followed by coyotes. Apparently, people had been feeding coyotes in the area, accustoming the coyotes to people. (Placerville Mountain Democrat 2/24/97)
• 4/97. Coyotes attacked and bit two Scottsdale, Arizona children in separate attacks within a week. Neither child was seriously hurt. (SDUT 12/17/97, A3)
• 12/10-11/97. On 12/10/97, a coyote attacked a 2-year-old boy in Tucson's Wildlife Ridge Park, but did not break his skin. The next day, in the same park, a 4-year-old boy was bitten and scratched and a 22-month-old toddler was bitten around her right eye and required seven stitches for the deep puncture wounds. (SDUT 12/17/97, A3)
• 7/29/98. There has been only one coyote attack on a human reported in Massachusetts in the past 50 years, on 3-year-old Daniel Neal of Sandwich while he was playing on his swing set. His mother forced the female coyote off Daniel, but the coyote hung around. Police responding to her call killed the coyote. Daniel suffered puncture wounds and abrasions to the head, shoulders and back, but is OK. The same coyote had earlier chased a person on a bike and a jogger as well as chewing on a sleeping bag with a child inside.
  The first active coyote den on Cape Cod was found in 1985.
  In comparison, there are thousands of dog bites annually in Massachusetts. (Cape Cod Times 7/30/98; Environmental News Network, 8/5/98; Lexington Minuteman, 3/15/00)
• 1999. Seven people were bitten by coyotes between March and August in the Lake Tahoe area, including one tourist who was bitten in the thigh while walking in the Caesars Tahoe parking lot over Memorial Day weekend. Airplane flights at the South Lake Tahoe runway have been cancelled or delayed due to coyotes on the airport runway, who have even chased planes as they took off! In May, 1999, the airport was told by the FAA to find a solution to the problem. Animal control killed 19 of the boldest coyotes in the casino area. (SDUT 8/20/99, A28)
• 5/13/00. A 9-year-old boy was bitten in the buttocks by a possible coyote in a residential neighborhood in La Mesa, San Diego County, California. It was not 100% certain that the animal was a coyote. (SDUT 5/16/00, B3)
• 5/19/00. A 3-year-old boy was bitten on his side outside his Amaya Drive apartment complex at 7 pm in La Mesa, San Diego County. A responding police officer hit the coyote with a shotgun blast, but the coyote was not found in the next day. The boy was treated at Grossmont Hospital for four puncture wounds in his right side. (SDUT 5/21/00, B3)
• 10/02/01. Allison Newell, an 8-year-old girl and Luis Enrique Villalobos, a 7-year-old boy, were bitten by a coyote at 12:15 pm during the lunch hour at Truman Benedict Elementary School in San Clemente, California. The coyote bit the backpack of a third child. The coyote came into the lunch area and attacked Allison from behind. Fourth-grade teacher Mitch Colapinto threw water bottles and rocks at the coyote, which then ran through the playground and lunged at Luis. Both students suffered scratches and minor bite wounds, the girl on the back of her neck and the boy on his back and arm. They were treated at San Clemente Hospital and released. The treatment included beginning a series of rabies shots. The school is surrounded by hillsides where homes are being built, destroying the natural habitat of the coyotes. Three coyotes were killed on a nearby hillside later in the day by wildlife specialists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Coyote Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada

5/8/8 Lake Arrowhead, CA Coyote Drags Toddler From Front Yard. Animal Releases 2-Year-Old Girl When Mom Appears; 3rd Incident In 5 Days. A coyote grabbed a 2-year-old girl by the head and tried to drag her from the front yard of her mountain home in the third incident of a coyote threatening a small child in Southern California in five days, authorities said.
The coyote attacked the girl around noon Tuesday when her mother, Melissa Rowley, went inside the home for a moment to put away a camera, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in an incident report.
Rowley came out of the house and saw the coyote dragging her daughter toward a street. She ran toward her daughter, and the animal released the girl and ran away, said sheriff's spokeswoman Arden Wiltshire

5/2/8 Chino Hills, CA. A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote Friday when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials said.
The girl was playing in a sandbox at Alterra Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said.

Coyote Attacks on Children

2nd N.Y. coyote attack: Girl bitten in backyard - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com

Now, I'm not saying that coyotes WILL come and take your kids. But if they're becoming especially bold, and if they are in groups, to ignore the risk to small animals and children would be equally ridiculous. As we move further into areas previously belonging to wildlife, and as we affect the habitats of wildlife around us, our encounters with animals will increase. Having all sorts of animals, ranging from deer and racoons to coyotes or even bears (depending on where you live) strolling through backyards shouldn't be surprising.

[1100011CS]

That post reminds me of the last episode of Archer.

[jsmith86]

No I have a much better deal. You actually get to spend the entire trip from Washington to Missouri in the cage with them. It provides a unique bonding experience.

Everyone that has tried has never complained.

I don't know... I've heard that the cougar's favorite prey is men in their 20's. I'm not so sure that I want to tempt fate.

[snowcraig2.0]

From my experience, you are out of luck. I've seen a coyote on TV who falls off cliffs, gets run down by trucks and gets smashed by falling rocks. Yet he survives! I think they are indestructable.

My suggestion is to try and eliminate your road runner population. That should drive the coyotes away.

My nomination for post of the year.

[snowcraig2.0]

I would get a big dog. A German Shepard or Rottweiler would tear a Coyote apart.

[CloneIce]

Now, I'm not saying that coyotes WILL come and take your kids. But if they're becoming especially bold, and if they are in groups, to ignore the risk to small animals and children would be equally ridiculous. As we move further into areas previously belonging to wildlife, and as we affect the habitats of wildlife around us, our encounters with animals will increase. Having all sorts of animals, ranging from deer and racoons to coyotes or even bears (depending on where you live) strolling through backyards shouldn't be surprising.

You are correct that over the course of time, with billions of humans and animals on this Earth, there is always the possibility of one biting a person or whatever. It will happen in rare instances with almost every type of animal. Too many individual humans and animals for this to never happen.

But its completely silly to worry about a coyote attack or a coyote dragging off your child. Do you fear deer? Raccoon? Squirrels? Mice? opossums? These all come into contact with, and bite people, on occasion.

And if you live your life in fear of a coyote attack, how do you muster up the courage to drive down the street in a car? Or how do you go outside without being in terror of being struck by lightning? These are much more dangerous that the possibility of a coyote attack. The point is, telling someone to worry about a coyote attack makes as much as sense as telling someone he should be worried about being struck by lightning.