Posted on 08/25/2021 10:17:23 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
No, a coyote was crossing my yard a while back and I thought to scare it off, by running out and yelling and waving my arms to scare it.
Instead of it running off, it stopped and bared its teeth and growled low and long until I stopped and stood still.
It then just continued on it way at its own previous pace............
Thermal scopes on .17 cal rifles, problem solved.
COVID
Yes, you beat me to it. 😀😂
Wild animals? Rabies? Global Warming...yeah, that’s the ticket.
Interbreeding with wolves?
I don’t know about coyotes, but when my dog suddenly starts biting at his tail it means he needs a fresh flea treatment.
Pretty sure the other aggression comes from people not paying the food Danegeld when they pass through the coyote’s territory. They are a thuggish vermin.
Easier to catch a garbage pail day old hamburger than a baby bunny.
I hate coyotes. Here in Illinois you can hunt coyotes pretty much all year round, subject to some local restrictions. Unfortunately, you can’t shoot them in populated areas. They are all over northern Illinois. There are also a great number of foxes in populated areas, but those are protected species. Early in the morning when I walk my dog we usually find carcasses of rabbits and squirrels that were a meal for a local fox or ‘yote.
I’ve got a couple of puncture scars from sticking my arm out to stop a pitbull from attacking my dog. Its owner couldn’t believe I didn’t sue him.
Run for your lives...they’ve got Covid!!
People are usually the problem. They are probably feeding them and getting as close to them as possible for a picture. The normally secretive wild animals then lose their fear of people.
Covid
Yes, rabies could be a possibility. And that would be a real shame.
People had better make sure their domesticated animals have the rabies vaccine.
Does Covid appear in dogs or other animals? But I don’t think aggression is a symptom of Covid. Fatigue, perhaps.
The only Covid-related aggression I can think of is from the mask and vaccine police, busybodies, etc. Even the police; in Australia, about seven young men who were just drinking beer at a beach, without masks (they were outside, obviously), were actually handcuffed by the real police. I don’t what charges they’ll face, but Australia’s regulations on this are pretty draconian.
Something has a hold of my dog and I’m jumping in, damn the consequences.
We have “coyotes” here [they’re freaking big wolf hybrids] and they stalked my dad backwards down a stony ridge until he got to his truck and grabbed his rifle.
As soon as they saw the gun, they took off.
That is *scary* behavior.
/has a porchful of stabbing/slicing/hacking stuff, just in case
You are my hero.
Last night there was a blind, 18 year old Boston terrier zig-zagging across three lanes of road with lunatics speeding towards him.
I stopped the car across two lanes, hit the flashers and ran out with a high powered flashlight, waving my arms and screaming.
Did anyone stop?
*no*
They shot out into the third lane, the wrong way and blew by us.
I finally snatched that dog up and ran for the car.
Took a while but I found his crying mom who was sure he’d been killed.
/I ain’t right in the head
I live in the boondocks and one sauntered thru my place this morning, like he owns the joint. Time to bait the live trap and relocate him - to coyote heaven. Wouldn’t be the first time.
The insane DNR *brought* ours here, to “cull deer” [ha ha. calves, lambs and pets are easier meals]
Our “coyotes” are a mix of Eastern Wolves and coyote and they’re the size of GSDs and give no effs about people.
The first one I ever saw was dead along the highway and I stopped, thinking it was somebody’s poor German Shepherd and I was intending to get it way off the road and see if it had a collar so I could contact the owner.
Imagine my surprise.
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