Posted on 06/11/2007 6:54:40 PM PDT by george76
Five-year-old Brayden Gazette was crossing a neighbor's lawn near his Monmouth County home last month when a coyote burst out of the pine woods and bit him on the head.
Twenty-month-old Liam Sadler was in a relative's backyard in April when a coyote grabbed him by the neck and tried to drag him off.
The rare daylight coyote attacks on humans were interrupted before the yellow-eyed beasts could kill. Nevertheless, brazen coyotes have rattled residents across North Jersey's Monmouth and Bergen Counties, where scores of sightings have been reported and where numerous pets have been killed or mauled this spring.
In a state known as America's most densely populated, the eerie nighttime yip-howls and almost daily reports of sightings and attacks signal fresh strife in New Jersey's struggle with its wildlife.
Last year, authorities killed several bears that were marauding in urban areas. Persistent but unconfirmed reports of cougars and panthers continue to plague South Jersey residents.
"There is considerable community concern about coyotes," ... "We have 3,000 of them in all 21 counties of the state.
"The problem now may be a bold pack of coyotes that are ...seeing children as a possible source of food. We don't know."
Middletown Township Administrator Robert Czech said the township had begun to feel like it's "the Colorado of the East." ...
Capturing or killing them is the goal, Czech said. "This group of coyotes has decided it's going to go after young children because of their size.
"If they can't be contained, then I hope they terminate them."
Also, the number of bear-human encounters has risen steeply.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
I disagree. When a species outgrows their food supply, comes into town and hunts cats, it means there are too many of them. There are too many coyotes in lots of places, they are not endangered.
That was either a daddy long legs coyote or senior citizen munchkin...
Does New Jersey allow you to defend yourself or to defend your family from an attack ?
No need for controls on the hunting of the Coyotes. They should be poisoned, shot, trapped as found.
This : Five-year-old Brayden Gazette ...?
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There are other reasons for coyotes to come into contact with humans. In the case of Los Angeles, we just had fires up in the Hollywood Hills. I lived in Arizona in the country, people killed coyotes and then complained about the over abundance of rabbits, etc. Coyotes are opportunistic which makes cats an easy meal. As we encroach on their habitat, they will adapt which means, keep Fluffy inside.
Hunting license, 22 magnum marlin bolt action rifle, good scope..some practice, go hunting, no more coyote problem.
8-)
Now why did the reporter quote this engineer who is not referenced anywhere else in the article? Is she a “wildlife engineer”?
And by the way we humans may not be the only animals on the planet but we are the dominant species on this planet.
Shari Sokolowski, 49, of Jackson Township, who works in Middletown, said the coyote problem "has to do with development. They're losing their habitat. These are wild animals. If you affect their prey, they will look for food somewhere else."
They may be loosing their habitat but they are as much an invasive species in New Jersey as the Japanese Beatle.
The only reason that they are there is that the wolf was wiped out in New Jersey about a hundred years ago.
It was a 5 year old child.
This is actually a very easy problem to solve. I can’t remember what state this happened in but the insurance companies all got together and sued the state for the number of vehicles damaged because of the insane number of deer being struck on state roads. In order to avoid a gigantic financial penalty the state basically instituted a “shoot as many deer as you like” policy for a year or two. Deer population dropped dramatically, vehicle damage claims dropped dramatically. It’s like freakin’ magic!
The state could pay a bounty for coyote pelts to guys that buy a yearly hunting license and pay for a coyote tag. Win Win situation all around. Unfortunately this makes too much sense and is contrary to liberal thinking.
>> keep Fluffy inside.
Or, kill Wily.
HA ha ha ha ha! Well lookie here! I’ve got a snooty profiler to deal with that thinks they know me. LOL! Okay, I’ll take the time to explain it to you, Ticky. I never said they were endangered. Guess you can’t read. I lived in the country for a very long time in Arizona before coming to LA. In Arizona, people shot the coyotes and then complained about the over abundance of rabbits, snakes, etc. They shot the bears that wandered into to town on occasion rather than relocating them. It was a vicious cycle. As for eating cats, well duh. Thanks for the laugh. Bye byie.
Much of the problem is with Corzine and his friends who think the coyote problem, like the bear problem, will just go away .
We have had Cayote’s in Rock Creek Park in DC. Wish we could figure out how to lure them further south into Georgetown and Capitol Hill where they might actually due some good preying on the weak and feeble political class.
“>>keep Fluffy inside.”
“Or, kill Wily.”
Then why not ban cars because people don’t want to take care of their cats, right? Let the cats roam free with the possibility of enountering other dangers like feral cats, opposums, racoons, porcupines, feral dogs, etc, right? No, you’re right. We should let Fluffy roam free and take it’s chances.
Ooooooh! Touched a nerve, did I?
>> snooty profiler to deal with that thinks they know me.
Don’t know you, never claimed to. Don’t care to, after that crap.
>> I never said they were endangered.
It was a lucky guess.
>> I lived in the country for a very long time in Arizona before coming to LA.
Right. Whatever. Why do you feel the need to convince me, coyote hugger?
>> In Arizona, people shot the coyotes and then complained yadda yadda
OK, whatever, vermin-hugger.
I lost my favorite cat to these pests. You go on hugging ‘em, “LA”. I’ll kill ‘em by whatever means I can, whenever I can. I mean, there’s only about four billion of ‘em left on the planet. I’m sure I’ll never make a dent.
Say hi to Al Gore for me. ‘kay?
“bye byie”
That’s the PRNJ where the RINO’s in the ASSembly just approved a handgun a month rationing. I wrote my SOB that since he likes to vote with the RATS, I’ll do the same in November since RINO and RAT politicians are indistinguishable.
Yes, we have a natural system going here in Vermont, and a reasonable amount of hunting to keep things from getting out of hand.
We have some deer up in the woods, but it’s not like when we lived in Connecticut among the rats with antlers, where you couldn’t even raise tulips without having the deer eat them. Occasionally a moose passes through, but they prefer swampier areas.
Our dogs ran into a porcupine a few weeks ago, and frankly if I see it around I will whack it, because they damage trees as well as dogs, and there are more than enough of them to keep the species going.
Our dogs patrol five acres around the yard, and for the most part keep wild animals away from the house.
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