[SJackson]

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Coyotes in Wisconsin, who would have thought?

Get bigger dogs, toughen them up. Or shoot the coyotes when you see them.

[Retired Greyhound]

Global Warming is obviously forcing them towards the cities.

[BenLurkin]

“It’s a chance to educate people about living with urban wildlife,”

Oh, I like that movie...

[ETL]

Believe it or not, we’ve actually had a few coyotes in Central Park (Manhattan, NY) over the past several years.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22coyote%22%22central+park%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

[Brilliant]

As long as it’s only dog on dog crime, let Peta worry about it... Peta and the environmentalists.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...shout or to throw something such as a tennis ball in their direction.”

Yep. That’ll work, LOL! How about I “throw” a bullet at them? ;)

We have a TON of coyote out here by us (10 miles south of Madistan) but since we have big dogs, they don’t come near the house. The closest scat I’ve seen is about 1/4 mile away, though I have seen coyotes twice in the wee hours of the morning when out walking the dogs, but they were heading in the other direction and were at least 2 miles away.

[Obamageddon]

Urban coyotes are easily dispatched with a .22. They don’t recover from a gut shot - they just run off and die in their den.

[MediaMole]

If coyotes come into your yard, the best thing to do to discourage them from showing up again is to shoot them. shout or to throw something such as a tennis ball in their direction.

Fixed it for the Madison libs.

[Ellendra]

“Both neighborhoods are adjacent to Owen Conservation Park, a 120-acre wooded park on Old Sauk that is home to five or six coyotes.”

Only 5 or 6? Yeah, right.

[SamAdams76]

If coyotes come into your yard, the best thing to do to discourage them from showing up again is to shout or to throw something such as a tennis ball in their direction.

I had to laugh at that one. Typical liberal touchy-feely crap. A tennis ball? Well, I suppose "Todd and Margo" would have tennis balls lying around their manicured yards or stashed in the trunk of their Volvo. But what really sticks in my mind is the image of of your typical effeminate yuppie girly-man trying to "shout down" and reason with those mean and dirty coyotes!