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In City Where Dogs Outnumber Children, Finding a Way for Coyotes to Coexist
ny times ^ | May 14, 2012 | NORIMITSU ONISHI

Posted on 05/16/2012 8:10:23 AM PDT by 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

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: coyotes; doggieping; unleasheddogs
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To: george76

San Francisco is a homosexual haven.

They have gained political power because they have time and money to spend on themselves, whereas normal people pour themselves in to raising families.

In this case, the “gay” and self-indulgent lifestyle seems to have come back to bite them, literally.


21 posted on 05/16/2012 8:32:43 AM PDT by Jedidah ("In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.")
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To: StormEye

Or the coyotes will win.


22 posted on 05/16/2012 8:34:07 AM PDT by Jedidah ("In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.")
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To: cripplecreek

Coyotes are a major carrier of rabies and they should be eradicated as quiuckly as possible.

If you have a problem with coyotes I highly recommend a black lab. My own “rolls” coyotes for fun and they tend to stay away. She looks like a torpedo running through the tall grass when she goes after them and they can’t see her in the night (she knows this.


23 posted on 05/16/2012 8:34:26 AM PDT by buffaloguy (uab.)
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To: george76
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SAVE THE GAY COYOTES

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24 posted on 05/16/2012 8:35:47 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The best diplomat I know is a fully-activated phaser bank. - Montgomery Scott)
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To: StormEye

Earthquake, fire and brimstone... something, eh?


25 posted on 05/16/2012 8:37:05 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: buffaloguy
black lab. . . "rolls" coyotes for fun

LOL! I'd love to watch that.

Labs are good for coyotes but for wolves you need a couple of these:


26 posted on 05/16/2012 8:38:43 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The best diplomat I know is a fully-activated phaser bank. - Montgomery Scott)
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To: RC2; dixiechick2000
"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."

A couple of decades ago, one of our single younger relatives lived in a townhouse in Bend, Oregone with some fellow co workers.

Every afternoon after work, they tried to relax in their hot tub with a local micro beer. A neighbor would let her vile French Poodle out to bark at them and anything that was alive while doing her business.

One afternoon/evening right at sunset, after FiFi had been set out, a large coyote came up and grabbed FiFi by the neck and shook FiFi. Then, Wilie trotted off with his fresh French dinner.

As Wilie was leaving with FiFi doing her final yapping, FiFi's owner came out of her house and saw what was happening and asked her neighbors for help.

They held their Deschuttes micro beer bottles up and toasted Wilie.

The neighbor moved out shortly after that terrible event for her and FiFi. Peace and quiet with the reassuring howls of Wilie and his brothers was the norm in that neighborhood, from then on.


27 posted on 05/16/2012 8:42:03 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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To: RC2

I lived in the middle of Houston and we have coyotes living right here. They travel up and down a bayou and venture 2 or 3 miles from that bayou into densely populated neighborhoods during the day and certainly at night. Small dogs and cats disappear often. I saw one at 1pm closer to The Galleria than he was to Buffalo Bayou. I had heard they were here but that still shocked me.


28 posted on 05/16/2012 8:42:19 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: BenLurkin

That’s why they didn’t want the IOWA. Afraid someone would turn those nine 16”ers around and improve the world.


29 posted on 05/16/2012 8:44:55 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: buffaloguy

I’ve seen ranchers here in Central Texas keep packs of large guard dogs within their property. That keeps everyone honest, especially coyotes and hogs.


30 posted on 05/16/2012 8:45:55 AM PDT by lormand (A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
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To: Ditter

I live about a mile from the Richmond, VA city limits. One of my cats disappeared about a month ago. Last week, I heard of two other cats killed nearby, and they found some remains. One of the pet owners just hired a trapper.


31 posted on 05/16/2012 8:52:46 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: george76
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?

I suspect the SF Board of Supervisors will soon issue a resolution demanding that dogs and coyotes set aside their differences and live together in peace. San Francisco is barely a functional city anymore - more like a liberal theme park with very poor janitorial services.
32 posted on 05/16/2012 8:53:29 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: lormand

We were driving on a very rural dirt road in west central Texas and saw a flock of sheep. They were being guarded by 2 of the most magnificent huge white dogs. Can’t remember the breed right now but I would not have gotten out of the car even to fix a flat near those dogs. :D


33 posted on 05/16/2012 9:00:05 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: george76

Dogs are just substitute children from homosexuals and lesbians.


34 posted on 05/16/2012 9:04:43 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: PzLdr
That’s why they didn’t want the IOWA. Afraid someone would turn those nine 16”ers around and improve the world.

If you had put it that way, they might have wanted it.

35 posted on 05/16/2012 9:06:10 AM PDT by LouD (I stand with Scott Walker)
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To: USMCPOP

Will the trapper be using a dead cat for bait?


36 posted on 05/16/2012 9:10:22 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: george76

Here’s a novel idea. Keep all the stinking pooping and peeing mutts out of the park. People are such slobs with pet “Froofry” crapping/peeing along the trail or on someone else’s property.


37 posted on 05/16/2012 9:11:30 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: Ditter
They were being guarded by 2 of the most magnificent huge white dogs. Can’t remember the breed right now but I would not have gotten out of the car even to fix a flat near those dogs. :D

Kuvasz, by any chance? I've always wanted to get one of those but they sound like a handful to train.
38 posted on 05/16/2012 9:23:00 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: george76
Problem solved:


39 posted on 05/16/2012 9:25:25 AM PDT by Jim Noble ("The Germans: At your feet, or at your throat" - Winston Churchill)
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To: Ditter
Perhaps they were Great Pyranees?


40 posted on 05/16/2012 9:27:19 AM PDT by lormand (A Government who robs Peter to pay Paul, will always have the support of Paul)
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