[Jane Long]

NH.....

These coyotes are EVERYWHERE, it seems.

We just heard a pack of them howling, when we took the dogs out, a few minutes ago.

Scary.

[Bob434]

Yup- and rabies in the North East is high for some reason too- so be careful-

[Cold Heart]

We used to have a lot of coyotes, way too many (Oregon Coast). They disappeared pretty much. Now we have mountain lions.

[The Duke]

Coyotes just started showing up this past year here in North Tampa. The local tree-huggers are telling us that we must learn to live with our new canine neighbors - that they are indigenous (even though, until this year, I had not heard a thing about coyotes in the 30+ years I've lived here).

So, they tell us to just bang pots and pans together when they come to close.

In the meantime, and in unrelated news, local pet owners keep posting messages about their sweet pet dogs and cats that seem to have mysteriously disappeared.