Posted on 09/23/2021 5:11:22 AM PDT by marktwain
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- In Vancouver, Canada, an infestation of urban coyotes, particularly in Stanley Park, has lead to dozens of attacks on humans by the coyotes since December of 2020. Over 45 attacks were reported as of September 1, 2021.
Most of the attacks involved adults, with five involving children. It is suspected a great many attacks have not been reported. The number of attacks in the last nine months is four times greater than the total of the previous 40 years, as reported in the Guardian. A local TV station reported on the attacks.
Although many encounters have likely gone unreported, so far 45 people, including five children, have been attacked by coyotes in Stanley Park.
The B.C. Ministry of Forests confirmed in a statement Wednesday that it is stepping in as soon as possible and “undertaking direct coyote management controls that include lethal removal to ensure human safety.”
The problem is not limited to Vancouver. The city of Pitt Meadows, a few miles to the North, is also experiencing problems.
From mapleridgenews.com: August 9, 2021
The City of Pitt Meadows is warning residents of coyotes on local trails.
At least one report has come in to the city of coyotes on the trails near Mitchell Park.
In an online post the city is asking residents to be cautious, to leash their pets and keep children close at all times.
This habituates coyotes to humans and associates humans with food. It is a contributor. This is not a new problem. It has been studied extensively.
The primary reason is *not* people feeding coyotes. It is the increase in the coyote population beyond the available food supply.
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Dart them and move them . Very simple solution.
:P
More seriously, people should avoid feeding the wildlife - it's not really fair to the predators if you willingly attract them. On the other hand, if the predators eat people that aren't allowed to have effective means to defend themselves, the species is better off and pressure will go on the government to allow people to defend themselves.
Yes, but after you dart the liberals, where do you relocate them to? :P
22 WMR
Over the last few years I have noticed some of the coyotes in our rural Illinois area have lost all fear of man. If a predator looks you square on and moves towards you they very well may be sizing you up to attack.
With a .223.
“ Over the last few years I have noticed some of the coyotes in our rural Illinois area have lost all fear of man.”
Here in DuPage one snatched a child’s lunch as he was waiting for the school bus the other day.
And just wait until the Coydogs get started….
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About 25 years ago, I lived at Dugway Proving Grounds. DPG is a very remote and small test site located about an hours drive SW of Salt Lake City. Maybe 400 people lived there.
After a series of cayote attacks on peoples pets, the post commander issued a warning to residents that it was against post regulations to shoot the cayotes even in the act of killing a pet.
A day later, a post policeman, asked if I had heard of the edict. He told me that the post police would aggressively investigate any shots fired in the housing areas. Then, he told me that the post police were very busy and it probably would take them over an hour to start the investigation.
The civilian population was one of the most heavily armed I’ve ever encountered. The post commander was shocked to learn that there were three firearms for every person living there. He was even more shocked to learn that number only included the registered firearms.
A friend in a metro NC area was in a wooded area behind suburban houses, checking his trail cam. He saw young children playing in their back yards.
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed movement. A coyote was rushing him. A battle ensued, with my buddy kicking and stomping the animal. He managed to kill the thing.
Exhausted from the struggle, he thought no one would believe him, and went to his vehicle to get his cellphone. He also grabbed his hunting knife.
When he returned to the site where his trail cam was, he couldn’t find the body. Then he saw the dead coyote running down the hill for another attack. Again, he kicked & stomped it to death. Then he sliced its throat to make sure it stayed dead, and strung it up in a tree.
He called animal control. They determined the critter was rabid. My friend didn’t get injuries enough to need rabies shots. The city newspaper did a story about his ordeal. He now carries his knife & a gun into the woods.
This is a solution only if they are moved to your neighborhood. NIMBY.
If it poses a threat to humans or their family, just kill them.. Like cockroaches.
I’d bet humans aren’t directly feeding coyotes. The coyotes are probably getting into overflowing trash bins in the park.
Lately I’ve spent a few nights at my mom’s house. Being a restless sleeper I will sometimes go outside for a smoke.
Lately I’ve been hearing coyotes yipping and yapping not far off in the distance. I’ve tried to warn my mom about them but she won’t believe me. She says I’m hearing her neighbors dogs. Her neighbors dogs are pen kept and don’t move miles in a couple of hours.
Last Friday I heard what I took as several coyotes taking down a calf. Cows were bellowing and snorting then silence.
Most of the cattle owners have donkeys with their cattle now. The ones that don’t are losing a lot of calves.
Wow! That is quite an ordeal...your friend is one tough hombre!
Voluntold them to the missions to Mars.
NASA has assured us they will be “safe”.
;-)
There are always simple solutions to complex problems... that don't work.
Darting coyotes is not easy, fast, or cheap. Moving them just means you put them in another animals territory. Moving coyotes far enough that they do not come back is, essentially, a death sentence for the coyotes.
Better to just kill them in the first place. Coyotes are plentiful, there is no shortage.
We just had our first cool front come through for the year (Got down to 80) and that get’s the juices flowing. This is my favorite time of year, I start calling Coyotes. This year I will be blowing them kisses with a 240 Weatherby, a 75 grain Nosler ballistic tip moving around 3700 ft per second is sure to put a smile on their cute little faces. By late spring we’ll have about 40 to 50 less yotes on the ranch. Most I ever got in one year was 83.
I shoot every damn one of them I see.
Christopher Darren Cunningham now Cara Cunningham
What sort of accuracy are you getting?
I wouldn't be surprised if you were reaching out and touching coyotes at 500 yards!
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