Phoenix 3, Minnesota 2 FINAL SCORE
Scottie Upshall with the game winning goal.
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.
I wouldn’t rule out the Chupacabra.
Shoot 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.
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.
Coyotes are notorious thieves. True for coyotes on two or four legs.
However, four legged coyotes are even going to steal your auto anti-freeze if you forget and leave it out overnight.
BAAAD COYOTES ! ! !