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10 years ago, they were rarely heard of here in rural NC. 1 or 2 a season were seen or shot by deer hunters, but now, they are everywhere! They are about to completely eliminate the rabbit population, and you never hear or see a quail anymore. They will eat anything they find, and are now preying on the deer herd, especially the fawns! Now we cant get rid of them fast enough, so a feel good story about a coyote doesn't work for us that knows them!!

This is what happens when an ecosystem is put out of balance by humans hunting one animal to extinction or near extinction. There was a time when wolves lived across the entire north American Continent. When humans wiped out the wolf population, there was no other predators to compete with the coyote. So the coyote filled in the niche left by the wolves. Wolves didn’t just compete with the coyotes for prey, they also killed coyotes they found in their territory. Without wolves to keep them in check, the coyote has out bred its habitat and being so adaptable they are now invading suburbia.