Multiple coyote attacks on runners reported at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in NC

AMN ^ | 9/24/20 | Mark Price - Charlotte Observer

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I’d recommend an IR scope. Unless they’re wet they should stand out.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I have to agree. Here in New Mexico they’re wiry little guys who stay pretty invisible.

[PAR35]

At least no bears here. But the Bobcats are rough on rabbits, small dogs, and, rarely, cats.

Here’s a youtube from not too far away - 3 bobcats and a squirrel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_SnfDXwc5I

[Tennessee Conservative]

We have bobcats here but rarely see them. They stay away from people. I’m near the foothills of the Smokeys so bears are a normal sight.

[PAR35]

A few years ago - about the time that video appeared - we had a bumper crop of bobcats around here. They’d pop out of the storm drains on suburban streets, grab small dogs out of fenced back yards, run around on rooftops, and stroll past folks jogging or bike riding on the creekside walkways. Even come into folks houses through open doors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8v5W2ZUE6w
It was like they were trying to domesticate themselves, or at least take the ecological niche occupied by the feral cats.

They’ve backed off a little in the last couple of years.

I understand that the bears have even gotten down into the northern suburbs of Atlanta. Used to be raccoons were the top of the suburban food chain.

[Tennessee Conservative]

We have been seeing them for years on our farm. I live near the town of Athens, as in the Battle of Athens, and there was one wandering around town a few days ago. They have also been seen in Knoxville. We are so close to the mountains that it’s inevitable that we have them.

My little dogs are house dogs and are never outside after dark without me. They also have a 5’ fenced yard but I keep an eye on them even during the day. The Coyotes we have here are not only nocturnal. We see a lot of them during the day. The wolf in them I guess. When I take the dogs walking on the farm I carry a gun. You never know what you might find when you get out of site of the house.

[Rainwave]

My cat 🐱 was was grabbed right next to me early one morning by a coyote before I could react. It sped off with her screaming for me to save her and I was in utter horror. Two hours later she came back severely sounded with a punctured lung. The vets wanted to put her to sleep but I took her home and miraculously she survived over time and much attention. That was three years ago and she's doing fine. I hate those f ing things. I know it's only their natural behavior, but living in the center of town here I'm reluctant to blow them away, but I will, even if I get arrested or fined. I now only let her out from about 9 am to 5 pm but I've seen them wander through in broad daylight. Just think if a mother had her little baby in a cradle on the deck, just for a moment to get sun. Even if she's right there, I wouldn't put it past them to try to snatch it. Stupid gun activists. Years ago we didn't have this problem. They've gotten so good knowing nothing's going to happen to them. Kind of like those Antifa and BLM bastards. We need to roll back all gun restrictions and declare open season.

[Tennessee Conservative]

Agree 100%. Even though I live out in the country on a farm where there are a lot of predators at least I know I can defend myself and my pets. I’m so glad your cat survived. I would lose it if one grabbed one of my little 20lb dogs. Normally if any are around anywhere close my big Curs sound the alarm and the little dogs don’t go out unless I’m standing there with my rifle. Coyotes are extremely smart and they know that they can get away with things in the city that they can’t get away with in the County. Nobody shoots at them in town.

[SERE_DOC]

For the love!

What ever you do, do not wash it out with the water from there, it's toxic and poison.