There are coyotes here all the time. They take advantage of the “fast food” of feral cats and the occasional unattended Chihuahua. Two weeks ago, I went down the driveway on my way out of town, and there was a coyote across the road. This was at about 0730, and a friend of mine was on his daily walk.
I stopped, rolled down my window, and told him to look behind him. He hasn’t seen any that close, before. But I run into them all the time. I think they are beautiful, but I understand, as we build farther and farther into their territories, their food supply is changing.
I hope they can adapt without becoming extinct, due to being considered “pests.”
Oh, it is more than that. Their population is exploding and they have expanded their territory.
They have learned to exploit humans for food supply and shelter. They raid garbage cans besides eating pets. They live in abandoned houses, barns and other human made structures.
Humans have made it possible for coyotes to thrive.
This is from post #24.
There's a recent picture of a coyote on the roof of a building in downtown New York City.
I think there is actually a video out there of this coyote on the roof.
There is a coyote population in every large city in the country now.
It is not as big a problem as the Islamist but it isn't a small problem ;)
The coyotes here aren’t beautiful, they look like scruffy, malnourished, muddy mixed breed dogs until you notice that they don’t move like dogs at all, more like a large fox.