In City Where Dogs Outnumber Children, Finding a Way for Coyotes to Coexist

ny times ^ | May 14, 2012 | NORIMITSU ONISHI

[george76]

SAN FRANCISCO — Dogs outnumber children here, making already assertive dog owners an even more formidable political force.

But the emergence in recent years of coyotes in the city’s parks, and sometimes in its expensive backyards and picturesque streets, has raised doubts about whether that founding legacy can survive. Will the two animal worlds — the domesticated and the wild — be able to coexist? Might they even, as many in this liberal city hope, ultimately complement each other?

Taking no chances, city officials recently cordoned off trails and barricaded a restroom in an area of Golden Gate Park where reports of coyotes following dog owners and approaching unleashed dogs have been rising

[BenLurkin]

Will somebody please nuke San Francisco. Please.

[Cicero]

“Dogs outnumber children here.” And probably spotted owls and newts outnumber dogs.

[skeeter]

I’m sure there are plenty of cats in the park at night to sustain a healthy coyote population.

[george76]

Remove all the people in San Francisco and create a UN Agenda 21 wilderness area ?

[RC2]

Dogs and coyotes can coexist..............until the coyote gets hungry. Then they will eat the dog. Live in rural areas for awhile and you will learn a lot about the coyote. He’s very good at survival.

[albie]

Might they even, as many in this liberal city hope, ultimately complement each other?

...maybe reasoning with the coyotes or perhaps the city should pass a law where every family must sacrifice one member to the coyotes!

[Lurker]

You can learn about them in the suburbs of Chicago. They’re picking of “Fluffies” right and left around here. I won’t let my dogs out in my fenced in backyard after dark alone anymore.

[KarlInOhio]

Pit Bulls and Coyotes? Maybe.

Shih Tzus and Coyotes? Not so much.

[Steamburg]

I have never before feared for the coyote population, but if they have to cohabitate with San Franciscans they may well be doomed.

[Biggirl]

Plus coyotes end up being target practice targets by those with rifles.

[TLI]

Taking no chances, city officials recently cordoned off trails and barricaded a restroom in an area of Golden Gate Park where reports of coyotes following dog owners.

In San Francisco, a city of 805,000, there are 108,000 children, according to the 2010 census. And there are 180,000 dogs, and 10 coyotes, according to city estimates.

TEN COYOTES.

As in nine plus one.

Good grief.

Yep, don't want to take any chances.

Better just stay home.

Behind locked doors.

In bed.

With the lights off.

The covers over their head.

Shivering in fear.

.

[jazusamo]

By all means, shut down parks and wooded areas so the coyotes can protect their pups in their dens. Then next year their numbers will be double, no problem there that I see.

Government trappers will then have a lot more targets but by the time they get the trappers after the coyotes there’ll be a lot fewer pets.

[cripplecreek]

I hear coyotes within a hundred yards of the house at night here. I don’t let my dogs go out alone at night.

[Grampa Dave]

“Remove all the people in San Francisco and create a UN Agenda 21 wilderness area ?”

No! No!

Send all of the California left wing America haters and illegal aliens to Gay Frisco to live and don’t allow any of them to leave the city.

Also, ban any of our tax $’s federal/state from being sent to or spent in Gay Frisco.

[ArrogantBustard]

SAN FRANCISCO — Dogs outnumber children here,

Wow ... that's a thorough condemnation of San Fransicko.

[lormand]

Where would they go? Like locusts, they would devour the civilizations where they landed. Keep them there, eventually, they will eventually unpopulate themselves to nothing.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[TYVets]

Dogs outnumber children here

About 5 to 10 years ago here on FR there were stories of parents moving out of San Francisco to other cities and towns.

They did not want to raise their kids in the perverted city.

There must have been a lot of truth to those stories.

[StormEye]

"Will somebody please nuke San Francisco. Please."

No need to use nukes. The earthquake will happen -- someday. Or, the city will collapse once the last of the normal sane people leave.