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Originally Posted by kalina82 don't blame the coyotes please. its not their fault they are coming into more suburban areas. their homes are being taken away from them and they need more places to go. In my neighborhood we are seeing alot more coyotes, black bears, and deer coming further and further down the mountain which used to be there home. See our brillant city council decided to build more townhouses on the side of the mountain and it took a big chunk of wildlife homes away. so now these critters have no where to live. its very sad in my opinion. In most cases, the black bears and the coyotes will NOT bother humans because they are scared (unless babies are around). sure they are getting a little more used to people but that doesn't mean they are going to attack you. As for your yorkies, yes you need to be more careful with them, but please don't all go around calling animal control on them if they are minding their own business. AC is just going to kill them. They don't have the time to relocate every animal that gets picked up now. |
Kellie is right,
All they are doing is looking for food - All small furry animals qualify. We live next to a forest preserve and have just about every type of native creature in our back yard at one time or another. Coyotes scare me but I don't want them hurt either. Fortunately we have a huge german shepherd that doesn't allow anything but
his dogs in the yard. He will tear out after trespassers as soon as he spots them. (Poor squirrels.) Coyotes run when they see him, one didn't make it out and got a good thrashing but Big Ivan wasn't hurt. (Yes he's up on his shots.) I know that in the not to distant future I will have to fence in an area that has a cover so the little ones can stay out for a while without me watching their every move. Right now they have a great babysitter but the Coyotes are appearing more and more often......