Phoenix 3, Minnesota 2 FINAL SCORE
Scottie Upshall with the game winning goal.
Posted on 11/18/2009 7:42:05 PM PST by george76
People Say Animals Are Preying On Larger Livestock.
People living in major Valley neighborhoods... that coyotes have all but overtaken their neighborhoods.
Don Hoopes and his 7-year-old son Jordan have a new ritual every night. They need to make sure all their animals are tucked safely inside, now that they know what can happen if they don't.
Neighbor Richard Tate said, "I saw one yesterday morning trying to attack dogs in broad daylight."
Tate's had a couple sheep slaughtered by coyotes already. He said they even tried to go after his ram.
Tate said , "My concern is that if a 40-pound coyote will take on a 120-pound ram with a full set of horns, tell me what a six-or seven-year-old that weighs 60 to 70-pounds is going to be like."
Hoopes said there aren't a lot of options to take care of the problem.
Tate said, "Of course, you can't use a firearm, you can't use a bow, you can't use a crossbow, you can't poison them. I guess you're supposed to run them down and strangle them."
If you notice coyotes hanging around your neighborhood, make sure to keep all pets inside or in enclosed areas, and if you see a pack while you're out, stay away.
(Excerpt) Read more at kpho.com ...
No doubt a byproduct of the economic downturn. /s
are we talking about animals or illegals?
Out here in Southern California we have an approach that is quite workable.
It's called the "three S": shoot, shovel, and shut up.
One resident used it against a mountain lion (cougar, far more dangerous than a hungry coyote) that was entering his yard and threatening his children.
Gotta be some Arizonans who feel the same way.
When used correctly that is the best applicatiion of theory.
I wouldn’t rule out the Chupacabra.
Shoot and shut up.
We live near a mountain preserve in North Phoenix. Recently, my wife was out walking our boxer dog and watched 2 coyotes saunter down into the neighborhood not far in front of her and our dog. She was about to go down the same street, her usual route, when she looked up into the mountain preserve and saw a third coyote watching. She and the dog turned around and high-tailed it home.
Since we live in a residential neighborhood, we can’t really get away with shooting them. If several coyotes were physically attacking the dog and a couple of shots were fired the cops might or might not let you off without charging you — you know how that goes. But we sure can’t get away with shooting them to thin the herd, though we would really like to.
Right. A byproduct of the castration of America. Shoot shovel and shut up.
It’s time to make coyotes and other wildlife afraid of people again - if you want your pets and children to be safe in your own yards that is.
Called the animal shelter, in case she ran in fear and got lost. Told me my area had lots of coyotes’.
Apx. a week after she was gone, sitting in bed drinking coffee looking outdoors. Saw a creature run by, thought maybe a small deer, went to door and a coyote ran by. Got a real good look, definitely a coyote.
.22 subsonic works well for urban varmint control.
Baseball bat, pepper spray, and a tazer. Or better yet, get a couple Russian wolfhounds.
Some RWs have had agressiona bred out of them but not all: they work in pairs to bring down wolves and kill them. Coyotes are smaller - should be no problem. Probably even be fun for the wolfhounds!
They fear me; so far I’ve racked up 34 coyotes this year off of our place. If I see a yote it’s going to get shot or shot at they’re definitely an endangered species on our place.
Not just a concern for pets and small children any more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33509516/
We have them in our area. They have been bold enough to take fowl from neighbors in daylight. They have been awfully close when I’ve been out walking our dogs at night (they are on leash at night to avoid them taking off after skunks, raccoons, etc.)
I have never been too worried myself, but a recent exchange on a dog list brought up the death of a woman by coyotes. Am hoping that a dog plus a human is more intimidating.
As an aside, they will sometimes send one coyote to “play” with a dog, the dog either goes along to play with or chase it, and then the rest of the pack will take the dog down...
And one more aside— this “coyote roller” product was mentioned for along the tops of fences (for those with fenced yards...). Coyotes can jump fences that are quite high. Evidently this ‘roller’ along the top of a fence keeps them from getting enough footing to make it over the fence. Not passing this along as an endorsement, just an FYI— http://www.coyoteroller.com/home.
This is what happens when we wipe out a natural predator. Wolves kept the coyote in check for hundreds of years before humans took it upon themselves to hunt wolves to near extinction. The wolves killed coyotes and controlled their populations. Now their are no wolves to keep the coyotes in check and they are breeding like rabbits, spreading to places they never existed before.
Wolf packs kill humans.
Introducing Canadian wolves that are much larger than American wolves is not a real solution.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.