Colorado is still very wild. We just had to bears put down in Denver. Where I live I have bears and puddytats. Coyotes are also very common in Colorado. It is all still wild.
We have coyotes in very urban areas of Houston. I saw one myself in a neighborhood about 3 or 4 miles from downtown. There are several bayous that run through Houston and the coyotes live there and then hunt in the surrounding neighborhoods. I had heard they were here but until I saw one myself I wasn’t sure.
Ranchers ran cows and sheep herders their sheep on public lands since the 1800s.
Recently, the animal rights kids from cities have invaded Colorado [ NM, Utah, etc. ] and become the managers of the former Lands of Many Uses. Colorado was recently mostly rural below 2 million people; now over 5 million and exploding. Farm and ranch lands are being destroyed on purpose - creating suburbs full of lefties that think food comes from a box or a can.
One of their many too clever by half - United Nations Agenda 21 - tricks is to ** vacate ** grazing allotments, then creating a wilderness. Sue and settle is another evil game . Note the recent New Mexico wilderness effort that will help drug cartels run illegals from Mexico into NM; intentionally tying the hands of the US border patrol and local law enforcement.
I have bear, mountain lion, coyote, eagles, owls and deer in my yard regularly. I am at the edge of a nature preserve but very much in the city otherwise. My viking kitties are not allowed outside as they would be a snack for most of the critters around.
I am not afraid of any of them. I know their habits and how to act around them so as not to have a confrontation or get hurt. The wild animals too! (not just the viking kitties