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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What did Mars ever do to merit having liberals dumped on them? :P
I propose Mercury instead.
He should get rabies shots anyway. It can be transmitted through the mouth or eyes not just bites. Rabies is nearly always fatal and can be dormant for years before it goes acute.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/animal-bites-and-rabies
I have a friend who did rabies research. It’s much more common in wild animals now than in the past because of Hav-A-heart traps. People trap rabid animals and move them into new areas.
Mercury has not yet been designated by NASA as a “safe” planet.
Lefties love stuff that is “safe”.
;-)
No, no, it’s safe. For unintelligent life. :P
You underestimate how stupid leftists are. :P
Well, this happened 2-3 years ago. So I reckon he’s fine.
We have a pack of coyotes living down in the green zone behind our neighborhood. They run through the yards every night. Every time the fire trucks roll out of the firehouse down the block and crank up the sirens the whole pack starts howling.
Not so much coydogs as coywolves.
10 % dog, 25% wolf and 65% coyote.
https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2015/11/04/meet-the-coywolf/
We have lots of coyotes where I live, and we have no problems with them. I wonder why? It could not possibly have anything to do with the fact that we shoot them.
They probably should be considered on gigantic, highly variable, species.
The common reason given for the problem, as explained in the Canadian press, is the feeding of coyotes by humans.
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.
Feeding the coyotes is NOT the problem, it is the over supply of coyotes resulting from the feeding of the coyotes.
They can’t make the connection in thinking.
Probably is.
I would not doubt humans ARE feeding them...I watched “human” adults let their kids feed raccoons from their cars in Stanley park. Some people are stoopid.
It is not the source of the problem.
Allow humans to harvest coyotes in the urban areas.
The problem would be solved quickly and cheaply.
Why TF would you ever want to “move” a pest animal like a coyote?
That’s like moving rats or feral hogs around.
Shame that Cunucks are subjects and not citizens who are allowed by God to defend themselves.
#3 I bet that guy has zero problems with coyotes!
I’ll find out this weekend, it’s on a stock Weatherby Vanguard S-2, if it will hold at 1 MOA I’ll be happy.
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