Posted on 03/18/2024 4:57:21 AM PDT by marktwain
On Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Parkway Central Park in Arlington, Texas, a Coyote attacked a little girl, dragging her toward the woods. The girl’s father chased after the coyote and girl and recovered the girl. From khou.com:
“I have a little girl who just got attacked by a coyote,” the 911 caller said. “It’s a big coyote. It’s coming back. Oh Lord Jesus.”
The caller described that children were playing on a playground when the coyote “attacked the little girl on the playground and dragged her, like, in the woods and her daddy went chasing after her.”
“So kids are in the car now but the coyote is still on the playground,” the caller told 911.
The caller then described the girl’s bite wound, as dispatch worked to get an ambulance and officers to the scene.
On Monday, February 12, another child was bitten and taken to the hospital. More traps were set.
On Tuesday, February 13, a six-year-old boy was attacked, bitten, and dragged for some distance. From nbcdfw.com:
“All of a sudden, I heard a mom scream, ‘Oh my God! That dog just bit that kid!'” Estreitta de Kluetz recalled. “I immediately called 911, went over to the little boy, and the little boy was — his whole shirt was filled with blood and he was crying.”
She said the woman, who was holding a baby, herself, threw her shoe at what they soon realized was a coyote. Both ran to help the little boy, who was sitting next to the swings with his brother.
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Just leave an ACME catalog in the park; the problem will take care of itself.
“Have these coyotes been deliberately imported to that area?”
No, it’s wolves the government enviro-nuts want to reestablish everywhere. Coyotes have a lifestyle that’s ideally suited to survive in suburban areas. They’re nocturnal so people often don’t see them even if they’re living in bushes on your property. They eat trash, which is available in copious amounts. They also love to snack on cats and little dogs. People often leave food out for their pets, which feeds them well.
I would suspect rabies.
First of all, my experience with packs of coyotes in NH is that they are NOCTURNAL PACK hunters.
Meaning, if you let Fluffy the cat(or small dog) out at 11pm to pee before bed, it is quite possible they will be surrounded and killed by a pack of coyotes.
This also happens here with Fishers(also known as Fisher Cats). A member of the weasel family.
Coyotes that are out in the daytime hours are usually sick.
Attacking a child is also not normal behavior. This would be normal behavior for a Mountain Lion. Not for a coyote or even a Coy dog.
All of the Eastern Coyotes have dog DNA/breeding mixed in now. They are much larger than the Western Coyote.
CCW everywhere, and be very observant, as they can seemingly attack from nowhere...
Coyotes will go into urban areas at night too. One of the drive time DJs on WEEI Radio in Boston lives in Seaport area of the city. This is just on the south side of Faniel Hall area(Downtown Boston) right on the harbor. A coyote had been seen in this area about a month ago at night. They made a big joke about it that he was lucky to survive.
> All the nasty traits of coyotes with the size and fighting ability of a proper guard dog.
>>How did THAT get started?
The usual way... birds n bees. Need I say more?
"Normal behavior" in areas where coyotes are not protected, because being out in daylight makes them vulnerable to being shot.
In areas where coyotes are protected, it is much more common to see them during daylight.
Coyotes are very adaptable, and adapt to the circumstances.
I’ve read that coyote DNA in the SW have some of the same DNA as did the extinct red wolf. Hybrids between coyotes and feral domestic dogs have no fear of humans and have the hunting instincts of the coyotes. I would be wary of any coyote in daylight because rabies is a real threat and a bite from a wild dog could be lethal. There is not much of a chance of surviving rabies once symptoms develop.
“Fluffy the cat(or small dog)”
They will attack larger dogs but not near houses (men with guns). One coyote will run limping and whining close enough to entice chase. Once away far enough away, the pack will attack.
Just dogs in heat being dogs in heat. I don’t think it was intentional.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coydog
Indians have also been crossbreeding intentionally since well before Europeans showed up.
Most canines have 99.9% of the same DNA. From dogs to wolves to coyotes, they all interbreed and produce viable offspring. It is a tiny amount of total DNA that makes the difference between a chihuahua and a wolf. (Or between an African Pigmy and a Scandinavian Viking).
I have heard they may have become wold hybrids. When I was a kid out you rarely saw yotes, but heard them every night. Thought the 1st reports of yote attacks were nonsense because they were so smart and timid. Something certainly changed. Now I have seen them running down the street in broad daylight. Absolutely fearless.
The fur market for coyote pelts tanked two years ago. It is not worth a fur trappers time to set, maintain and check coyote traps. Nor is it worth the time to skin, flesh and board the pelt. Sooo........ Fur trappers aren’t controlling the coyote population any more. They are only going to multiply and go forth looking for prey. If the fur market comes back the population will start to be under control again.
WHERE are coyotes protected?
“In New Hampshire, coyotes are the only fur-bearing animal for which there is an open hunting season – meaning they can be shot any day of the year, as well as at night January through March, and their killing by firearm doesn’t have to be reported to Fish and Game.”
Our cattle dog just chased a coyote out of the pasture, twice. It’s a constant war. I’m glad we have him. But generally I enjoy the coyotes, especially when they sing at night. But we live in the country. Scary to have them in town.
Gonna be a bad week for Snuffy the Seal.
“I would presume these are coy-dogs, a blend of (usually) German shepherd of some kind. They are much more aggressive, bigger, and gradually taking over.”
In the northeast, most coydogs are a blend of coyote and eastern gray wolf. They may look like German Shepherds, but genetically, they are coyote-wolf hybrids.
Yes, those are technically coy-wolves. Common in the north.
Down here it’s mainly just coy dogs. Smaller, more inclined to hunt in a pack.
Coyotes are typically intra-sexually aggressive, so when you see a pair it’s male/female. Groups will cooperate, but very loosely.
Coy dogs overcome that and you’ll get a small packs operating in a pack, which is much more serious issue. I beat the crap out of a coyote with a stick when I was about 6 (it was going after our chickens) to put it in perspective.
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