Animal experts: Stay calm around coyotes

The Examiner ^ | Jun 6, 2007 | Alexandria Rocha

[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.

[HairOfTheDog]

They’re uncontrolled here. I could shoot them on sight.

I’d just need a reason, more than because I can. They keep their distance from the house, they can hunt my pasture.