[Daffynition]

I like this quote: ""If they want to live out here and leave everybody else alone, more power to 'em. But they're not going to come over here and start killing all the stuff that we like. Somebody's going to have to pay."

[Politically Correct]

My dogs routinely corner and kill coyotes (and stray cats).
These people just have the wrong kind of pets.

[cherry]

"she initially thought were two big German shepherds."

oh please lady.....coyotes are not that big, not even close....

[Coffee200am]

[Joe 6-pack]

"But they're smart," said Peterson, whose encounters with coyotes in Keystone dates back six or seven years.

[GBA]

How do the coyotes get into these people’s homes and kill their cats?

[Coffee200am]

"Our gorgeous coydogs are part coyote and part dog. They are coyote like in some ways, while also exhibiting many dog like traits. Coydogs are extremely intelligent, aware, curious, headstrong, and sometimes mischievious. They bond strongly with their owner, but are wary with strangers. Though happy at home, coydogs are shy with unfamiliar people, fearful in new surroundings, and may unexpectedly act skittish. Living with a coyote hybrid is quite different from owning a regular domestic dog, requires an understanding of their uniqueness, and a serious commitment for the lifetime of the animal."

Coydogs

[boogerbear]

That’s what happens when you live close to nature, you wind up close to nature. Nature can be a little annoying sometimes, even dangerous.

[Doohickey]

...big German shepherds.

Anyone who has seen a coyote as big as a Shepherd please raise your hand.

[Flycatcher]

Darn! I thought this was a Teri Hatcher thread!

[Eagle Eye]

A closer look revealed something else. Something unshaven. Something with big ears and a furry tail.

Reminds me of my Aunt Mable.

[Smittie]

"We're having to lock up every durn cat in the neighborhood, which is a hassle," said Mark Adams, a foreman at L&D Farms on Crescent Road. "That's the only time they like to get out and prowl around. Now they're sleeping during the day and trapped in the building at night. It's not really fair, but it's either that or they're gonna get killed."

Why are the cats let loose to roam free in the neighborhood anyway? They deserve to be coyote kibble if their owners don't look after them better than that.

[dayglored]

> I like this quote: ""If they want to live out here and leave everybody else alone, more power to 'em. But they're not going to come over here and start killing all the stuff that we like. Somebody's going to have to pay."

I think that's a riot. I live in a mostly-wooded, rural area in upstate NY, where we have all manner of wildlife running around (allegedly including coyotes).

I spent years as a wildlife rehabilitator, and I love pretty near all animals of all kinds, wild and domesticated. (Possums are pretty hard to love sometimes, but it can be done.)

If I put a dish of food outside, animals will come and eat it. No surprise there.

I let my cats outside, with the full knowledge that they have to hide, and run, and defend themselves when something goes after them. And that they may become some predator's dinner before they die of old age.

The only reason a coyote would not go after an outdoors cat would be if it though the cat was bait. Coyotes are pretty smart.

Live in nature, live with nature. If you don't like living with nature, live in a city.

[Slings and Arrows]

[stainlessbanner]

he built a rack on his golf cart and slid a loaded .30-30 Marlin rifle inside

Handy for big game hunting on the 17th hole.

[goldstategop]

Keep Kitty and Fido indoors. They don't stand a chance against a coyote.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[kaehurowing]

They need to contact the ACME Varmint Removal Company. It has all sorts of good things that work on coyotes.

[pabianice]

Same here in MA. The explosion of McMansions here with the land clearing involved has pushed wildlife out. I live near Worcester, MA, and in the past several years have seen in my yard coyotes, deer, a black bear (that pulled-down my bird feeder and trashed it for the seed), turkeys, skunk, several species of pond turtle, frogs, toads, wild tabby cats, many snakes, and more. All but the coyotes have been harmless, and several of my cats play with the skunk. The bear still owes me for the bird feeder. A yuppie smashed my mailbox in her Voyager and likewise stiffed me.

[Fichori]

Coyotes v. Pets ping.