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Animal experts: Stay calm around coyotes
The Examiner ^ | Jun 6, 2007 | Alexandria Rocha

Posted on 06/06/2007 5:40:36 PM PDT by george76

The handful of coyotes that call the Presidio home are still happy, healthy and wild for one main reason: They still fear humans. Experts hope that will be the case for the timid animals now living in Golden Gate Park and Bernal Heights.

There has been a flurry of coyote sightings in The City in the last few days, and officials are hoping to quickly educate the public before a rare opportunity turns sour. Experts say it’s possible for coyotes and humans to coexist, as the animals pose no threat to humans who leave them alone.

“It’s our job as inhabitants of this city — and it’s appropriate that our city is named after a patron saint of animals — to respect them,” ...

up to three coyotes have been spotted together at one time. The theory is that the animals came over the Golden Gate Bridge, which Raffa said has become somewhat of a wildlife corridor.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; coyote; coyotes; hunting; presidio; sanfrancisco; sss; wildlife
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1 posted on 06/06/2007 5:40:36 PM PDT by george76
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To: girlangler; Bonaparte; Grampa Dave; GladesGuru; fish hawk; Myrddin

2 posted on 06/06/2007 5:44:16 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
The theory is that the animals came over the Golden Gate Bridge, which Raffa said has become somewhat of a wildlife corridor

Which of course means the logical step is to close the brdige to humans because it endangers coyotes /s

3 posted on 06/06/2007 5:44:20 PM PDT by Horatio Gates (I remember when a pop-up blocker meant a cold shower.)
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To: george76

San Fransisco of Assisi?


4 posted on 06/06/2007 5:48:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: george76
the animals pose no threat to humans who leave them alone.

Can't say that about the Libs though./snic

5 posted on 06/06/2007 5:50:24 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: george76
Coyote Attacks, A list.
Tell these people about being calm.

Coyote Hunting Info. Good Hunting... from Varmint Al [img]http://www.varmintal.com/coyotel.gif[/img]

6 posted on 06/06/2007 5:51:44 PM PDT by Varmint Al
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To: george76
Coyotes are easily tamed.


7 posted on 06/06/2007 5:56:20 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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To: Don Corleone
the animals pose no threat to humans who leave them alone.

That is why they still thrive. They stay away from people, so people leave them alone.

8 posted on 06/06/2007 5:57:26 PM PDT by Always Right
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Animal experts: Stay calm around coyotes

...your shots will be more accurate.

9 posted on 06/06/2007 5:58:38 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: george76

If I see one on my land, I will shoot it on the spot.


10 posted on 06/06/2007 5:58:44 PM PDT by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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To: Slings and Arrows
I agree with your sentiments. While in San Diego, it was common for my neighbors to lose pets to coyotes. Especially people with a backyard that borders on a canyon. The coyotes would breach the fence and take the pets right out of the yard.

Coyotes are "varmints" in Idaho. No limit. They are principally responsible for the loss of large game birds.

11 posted on 06/06/2007 6:10:20 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Always Right

So true. If one does approach you, odds are they are diseased.

I hear them all the time. There are a couple dens not far from my house. They keep their distance, unless my wolves are in season. Even then, the do not come close.

My wolves act as a detterent (sp?) for the neighborhood. They don’t come around here, close at least.


12 posted on 06/06/2007 6:13:12 PM PDT by Shyla
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To: Myrddin

And little puppies.

I am more concerned about the hawks when I let my little ones out.


13 posted on 06/06/2007 6:15:21 PM PDT by Shyla
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To: george76

That’s good advice.


14 posted on 06/06/2007 6:47:20 PM PDT by DieselHoplite
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To: george76

Coyote packs will attack children, the elderly, and the impaired.

As the Libroid would say, “They’re only street people”.

In dealing with coyotes, as all predators, staying calm is much easier, and vastly easier when one is armed.

Predators understand the 2nd Amendment - which more than many of our CongressCritters do.


15 posted on 06/06/2007 7:12:12 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Shyla
My wife is a master falconer. She had to attend the same firearms safety classes labeled "hunter's safety" as people hunting with firearms. Her "weapon" of choice was a big, female Red Tail hawk when we lived in San Diego. Her hunting dog was a Jack Russell terrier. On any given afternoon she would bring home 3 or 4 rabbits. The dog would flush them and the hawk would nail them. The hawk was allowed an extra ration on the way home. The "excess" was food for the next few days.

She may return to that hobby when time permits. Caring for a hawk or falcon is a daily task of weighing, feeding and spending time with the bird. Just as intense as caring for a newborn infant, but they don't grow up. Caring for the bird is a perpetual responsibility until you train it to survive in the wild or pass it along to an apprentice. Her job as a police/fire/EMS dispatcher doesn't leave enough uncommitted time to lavish on a bird right now.

16 posted on 06/06/2007 7:37:30 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Coyotes are varmints in New Mexico too. No limit, no license, no problem.


17 posted on 06/06/2007 8:41:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: george76

If they don’t respect me I should have the right to defend myself with deadly force if necessary. I can kill a human in self defense, why not a wild animal?

I can’t even attempt to reason with a wild animal.

This whole f*&$kin’ society is going ass over teakettle. I pray every day for Christ’s return to finally make things right.


18 posted on 06/06/2007 9:04:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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To: Myrddin

Wow, I’m impressed. We have red tail hawks here in the valley, but I don’t know anyone who uses them to hunt. My grandsons other grandmother has red tails outside their house in San Diego. I can easily see how if your house is near a ravine you could lose pets to coyotes.


19 posted on 06/06/2007 9:57:58 PM PDT by gracie1 (Why can't I pay my visa with my mastercard?)
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To: george76

Yeah, well, they’re dragging down calves in my neck of the woods. Time to drag out the Johnny Stewart game caller and 7.62x39 rifle.


20 posted on 06/06/2007 10:03:12 PM PDT by LouAvul
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