coyotes are a wild dog, and can be very dangerous, and there’s tons of them around. altho they’re typically scavengers, lately there are more and more reports of them breeding with domestic dogs, banding in packs, and attacking humans.
Ok. Here’s my story, since you missed it along with the meaning of my post. Before I moved to Los Angeles I lived in the country in Arizona where coyotes were common, & wild dogs were occasional. Coyotes are not wild dogs. Of course, there was interbreeding when the domestic dog bred with the coyote and joined her pack. We kept the cats indoors at night. And if the coyotes ran the horses, we got the guns out. But other than that, it was live and let live. It is a myth that there is wide spread attacks of humans by coyotes or coyote/dog mixes. They don’t want to be around humans, especially adults. The one in my post came back last night. But when he realized that I was present he took off. If you live in the country or even in areas of a city where there are wild animals present, you don’t need to live in fear, rather learn to live knowing that they are around. Don’t leave the cats/dogs out at night. Don’t leave dog/cat food out. Build a fence over 7 feet, and make sure to maintain it. There is a new fence with a top that rolls therefore making the animals unable to get out or in.
These “reports” only make it seem like there are numerous instances of interbreeding, banding, and attacks on humans. If the so-called reports were honest they would point out the attacks on humans are very rare, and interbreeding and integrating into a pack isn’t as wide spread as they make out. They want you to live in fear.