I kayak and my friend and I hang our hammocks alongside the river afterward and after it starts getting dark you can hear them yipping all around
shareKilled my cat. I kill all coyotes on sight now.
shareWhat gives you the right to kill a coyote that was hunting for food? And this is coming from someone who's cat was also killed by a coyote. Years ago, my 16 year old indoor cat was killed after escaping one night. It was tragic, but its not an excuse to kill a wild animal just because your upset. Fact is, cats belong indoors.
shareWell said, I completely agree.
shareThanks. I actually used to have the same sentiment in hating coyotes, but after educating myself on the subject, I changed my viewpoint.
shareCats like to be outside. An indoor cat isn't living life.
shareI guess it up to the owner, but if you let your cat outdoors, you need to accept the risks of it being killed by another animal or car. Its absolutely ridiculous how many lost cat posters there are where I live. The sad part is that they are obviously coyote chow. Ideally you could fence in a small part of your yard or deck so the cat can get some fresh air.
shareYeah...there are missing cat and dog flyers around my area constantly...the coyotes surely get a lot of pets here in the Hudson River Valley of NY...the area is simply swarming with coyote packs, we have two large packs nearby that I can hear 'singing' late at night
People need to keep an eye on their pets, they are no match for the coyotes:/
There's actually a real coyote problem around here. They roam in packs all over the place. Pretty much open season on them all the time. They tried to set up a bounty program to pay hunters to weed em out.
shareIf a coyote can kill a cat, why can't he kill a coyote?
shareI guess it's fine if you have an eye for an eye mentality, but looking at the bigger picture, the coyote was in its habitat doing its thing. It did nothing wrong.
There's also evidence that is does more harm than good by increasing the population of coyotes. The females usually do most of the hunting, so if you lay a trap or shoot a a coyote, there is about a 75% chance you’ll kill a female. If you kill an Alpha Female, every other female in the pack immediately goes into heat when she fails to return home. That is, while there is an active Alpha Female, the other females don’t breed. When you remove the Alpha Female, the other females breed until one becomes dominant.
If there are 4-5 remaining females, you just inspired them to multiply your coyote problem four-fold by killing their Alpha Female.
Humans also like to protect their own habitat.
I'm not sure how unbiased 'projectcoyote.org' and 'humanesociety.org' are. This is probably one of those things people just don't agree on. But I wasn't really referring to population control.
Coyotes are generally harmless to humans, so I don't see what there is to protect. You can't just go around killing wild animals because you deem them a nuisance. Reminds me of people around here who are calling for the slaughter of seals (food) because they are afraid of the sharks, except there has only been one death in the last hundred years. It really is just hysterics.
Coyotes attack livestock and also humans once in a while. Animals don't always kill just for food either. I guess they need a stern talking to as well?
One death by sharks in the last 100 years???
I have no problem with ranchers having to kill a pack of coyotes to protect their livestock and attacks on humans are extremely rare. I see them on almost a daily basis, so I would know. Revenge killing is a bullshit excuse to kill them from an ethical standpoint.
Yes. In Massachusetts, there has only been one death in the last 92 years. Some want to kill the Great Whites, even though they are a threatened species, and some want to cull the seals, even though experts said it wouldn't work.
Sharks have been responsible for a lot more deaths around the world. Your example of people wanting to kill off seals it rather extreme. I don't think most people would agree with that.
shareTrue, but the ocean is their habitat. When entering it, humans need to be vigilant and accept the risks. I wouldn't sweat it though. According to the International Shark Attack File, you have a 1 in 3,748,067 chance of being killed by a shark.
I might have misspoke, but people don't want to kill off the seals, just reduce their numbers.
Reducing isn't always a bad idea, though. Especially if the policy is to give every species a chance to survive.
shareYup. There was a deer culling program here over the winter due to the overpopulation. I can get behind something like that - it made sense, but seals were almost hunted to extinction and are now protected by Federal Law.
shareI agree. While it would be heartbreaking to lose your beloved cat or dog to a coyote, and I'm so sorry that happened to you and TandyMan, the coyote was only trying to survive. We kill other animals to feed our dogs and cats, and to feed most of us, too.
My cat was an inside/outside cat, but that's because there was virtually no traffic where I lived, and while I'd heard coyotes occasionally, I'd never seen one. Even so, I made sure she was safely inside before twilight.
People were so hysterical around here because of the coyotes, the mayor actually had to call in wildlife experts to educate people on the subject and calm them down lol. I was bitter for a while after one killed my cat, but now I enjoy seeing and hearing them.
shareThat was a good move on his part.
I can understand being bitter towards them after that, but once you come to terms with the fact that it was hungry and to it it was no different than a possum, ...
I saw a video of a woman who was chased by a pack of 4 or 5 coyotes. It was so stupid. The woman did the exact opposite of what she should have done. She made herself small (out of fear, didn't know better), then turned and ran, acting exactly like prey. Naturally their prey instinct kicked in and they chased her. She was nearly hysterical.
Exactly. Years before, my other cat was attacked by a racoon. He survived, but had he been killed, what was I supposed to do? Kill all of the racoons? Little escape artists those two cats were.
A family member of mine works at a nature sanctuary in the education department, and its not uncommon to come across a kill site from a coyote - usually a deer carcass. Its a good learning experience for the kids to learn about the circle of life.
I have a trail behind my house which goes for miles and it has fox and coyote signs everywhere but I have never seen one in over 25 years.
shareNo sane coyote is going to mess with an accountant.
shareI just can't imagine them attacking any human. There is plenty of small prey for them - rabbits, mink, groundhogs, birds, turtles and such.
shareI love seeing coyotes. The ones in Canada and the East Coast USA have bred with wolves, so they are much larger than their South Western counterparts. Last year I took some pics of some pups that were playing in my yard.
https://imgur.com/a/t587uGw
Two coyotes killed a woman in Nova Scotia in 2009
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/coyotes-kill-toronto-singer-in-cape-breton-1.779304
I remember that story. Biologists said it was an extremely rare attack and there are many theories on what happened. For the most part, humans shouldn't be afraid of coyotes. Stand you ground, make a lot of noise, don't run and its always a good idea to carry a knife, pepper spray or walking stick while hiking.
Anecdotally, I see coyotes on a weekly basis around here and every time they catch a glimpse of me, they run away.
No, but I've seen some recent reports of coyote sightings around town here. Apparently some recent construction has disturbed their habitat. Folks are advising others to keep an eye on their pets.
shareFolks are advising others to keep an eye on their pets.
Mr & Mrs Neighbor have a little Pomeranian dog. When they're up north at the lake they keep a constant eye on her and keep her close by. Their fear is that an eagle or hawk might get her. Apparently this is not unheard of up there.
shareOr here. One day, while working on my car in my garage, I was suddenly alerted to a very panicked shrieking noise coming from my back yard. I rushed out there to see a large hawk with its wings outspread, having a rabbit pinned to the ground with its talons. I was temporarily stunned and immobile by what I was witnessing. Within half a minute, it flew off with its prey. I was living at the most, maybe a mile from the downtown business district in that town.
shareIt's interesting how wildlife appears in places where we just don't think it'll be. A number of years ago I worked very near downtown Minneapolis, only a mile or so from the downtown core. One morning as I approached my workplace, I saw three deer wandering around the grounds, only a few yards from the building itself. It was an older building, probably from the 1950s, with a bit of land around it, but there was a pond nearby, so it sort of made sense. But I never expected to see deer that close to all the noise and people.
shareAround my area Deer are very common, but every once in a while they will surprise me where they actually are. Can't remember the last one, but I remember wondering how they came to be where they were.
I work with a guy that has about four small deer that wander around his apartment complex. Very domesticated, although I hope nobody tries to feed them. I think they just graze and people leave them alone.
Coyotes are skittish and are mostly wary of humans. We have a lot of them around here.
shareCoyotes will almost never attack a full-grown human. They have been known to attack small, unattended children (like age 5 or less), but they won't even do that if the children have an adult nearby.
I live in an area that has coyotes. I hear them sometimes, but I've only ever seen them from a distance, and even then only a few times. They generally avoid people.
No, and I frequently hike trails where I see them. Generally they're afraid of humans and steer clear of us.
The only time I was afraid was the first time I'd encountered them, going on a moonlight hike in the hills a long time ago with my boyfriend. There was no one around and no houses. As we rounded a bend of the trail we saw a large pack heading right towards us. At the time it seemed like there were dozens of them, but probably there were 15 or so.
We picked up rocks, just in case, and shuffled our feet to make noise. The pack divided and went silently around us on either side.
I used to hear them yipping at night sometimes in one of the places I lived.
You and your friend will be fine.
Coyotes are easily scared off, but mountain lions can go on the attack. I try to avoiding hiking after sundown or at dawn when they are out hunting.
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