Thank you for your kind words and the excellent suggestion.
I indeed had a 24” square patio stone on top of her grave and she was inside her favourite blanket, and that was inside a new oversize clear trash bag, rolled up four times, but only about 18” down. The coyote dug a tunnel through the side of the patio stone and must have worked feverishly for a very long time to get to her. He chewed through the bag and blanket, both of which were left under the stone. He worked so hard to get her out that he didn’t have any energy left to carry her back to his den. He ravaged and left her where I could see her beyond the gate this morning, not even 10 yards from her grave. I’m grateful he left her where I could see her and take care of her again.
His determination to get to her is what made me think he was famished. I’ve seen him from afar and he’s thin and looks undernourished. He could even be a danger to humans. If the wildlife people don’t come for him, I think he’ll need to be terminated somehow to protect small children who may be left alone in the yard by unsuspecting parents for a few minutes. That’s all it would take. When I did my grid search for Nala two weeks ago, I walked in 3 foot straight lines back and forth through the forest until I came upon back yards, and quite a few had no fences between their houses and the forest. Even an open patio door would be risky for these homeowners.
Oh my, sounds like extermination of the coyote is best. I read earlier that you are looking into that. Good idea.
How awful for you to have to go through all this. The coyote definitely needs to be taken care of; they are known to have attacked children in the US.
“I indeed had a 24” square patio stone on top of her grave...”
We lost a cat and I buried it at her very favorite place to be in the world: 15’ below the bird feeder (12’ high deck) where birds liked to look for bird seed...She would lay in the sun for hours with birds in the trees above.
Her grave was slightly disturbed after the first night so I sprinkled ALOT of cayenne pepper all over and around her grave...
No more disturbances...
RIP to your lively pooch.
dig hole, place pet, mix bag of concrete (loose) pour over pet, cover.