[PennysMum]

They are scary-- both out here in Washington, and where I used to live in Michigan I've seen some pretty bad injuries to animals caused by coyotes. There was a German Shepherd mix brought into the animal hospital that I worked at in Michigan who had been very well torn up by a coyote even though the coyote must have been only half the size of the dog. I've also seen a few cats who were messed up pretty badly by them, and have heard tons and tons of stories of cats being killed. When I was in Michigan I was in a fairly rural area, but I've seen them running around near my new home in Washington too and we are very much in the suburbs here!

I feel sorry for them, to be honest. They're another victim of urban sprawl-- we've taken so much of their habitat away that they've got no other option but to live on top of us, which is a situation neither of us prefer.