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How about cats killed by coyotes?
Hate to say but nature isn’t a petting zoo and anyone letting their pet out to play should expect that something might see it as food.
My advice to people facing this problem:
Remember the three “S’s”
Shoot
Shovel
Shut-up
If you have to shoot one of these wolves, do not ever discuss or mention it to anyone, even a spouse.
SSS
A sad story.
I always go out with my dog. Even though she is small, she could put up a good fight if she had to; but I’d like to avoid that. I live in a city, but I run into various critters on a regular basis. I don’t necessarily trust all of the human critters around here either. One night we ran into a coyote in the darkness at the bottom of our back stairs. It was surprised as much as we were and ran off, but I hate to think what might have happened if my dog had been out alone.
>>”She was in her woods, her yard, going to the bathroom,” Winter says<<
I’m sure the wolves respect property boundaries and ownership rights...
There us a reason our great grandparents’ generation did its best to rid the country of wolves.
It happens in this rural area, too-not often with locals, but the pets summer people and snowbirds leave unattended are a source of fast food for coyotes, wild hogs and the occasional mountain lion all the time-loose pets become dead pets. Most of us have a fenced area, but even so we do not let our dogs out alone or without a lease-especially after dark-and our cats live indoors, too.
I’m sorry the people lost their dog, but I live in the country, and was brought up on a ranch-I was taught that if you don’t want to be around wild animals, don’t move into in their territory-and if you do, be careful with your domestic pets, just as you are with livestock. Wild animals and humans can occupy the same area, but it requires common sense from humans, since animals don’t have that...
Animals do not commit murders-they kill for food and when their hunting territory is trespassed upon-and I’m very glad there are no bears in the part of the state where I live...
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SSS and don’t post the pictures on FB.
I live in a subdivision that is close to undeveloped wooded property and a river. Even though I’m in the middle of a cul-de-sac, there is no way I will let my dogs out after dusk. I have seen coyote and bobcat in the neighborhood, and a 6 ft privacy fence will not keep them out. Skunk, too.
The place where I board my dogs is in a rural area. They have a very large area for the dogs to play in that is enclosed by a chain link fence. In the area around the chain link fence, they have guard donkeys. They will chase away coyotes and can give them a severe stomping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_BpI0yAVek
This why we have a fence.
Very sad for the family to lose a beloved companion in such a brutal way.