Posted on 06/11/2007 6:54:40 PM PDT by george76
Five-year-old Brayden Gazette was crossing a neighbor's lawn near his Monmouth County home last month when a coyote burst out of the pine woods and bit him on the head.
Twenty-month-old Liam Sadler was in a relative's backyard in April when a coyote grabbed him by the neck and tried to drag him off.
The rare daylight coyote attacks on humans were interrupted before the yellow-eyed beasts could kill. Nevertheless, brazen coyotes have rattled residents across North Jersey's Monmouth and Bergen Counties, where scores of sightings have been reported and where numerous pets have been killed or mauled this spring.
In a state known as America's most densely populated, the eerie nighttime yip-howls and almost daily reports of sightings and attacks signal fresh strife in New Jersey's struggle with its wildlife.
Last year, authorities killed several bears that were marauding in urban areas. Persistent but unconfirmed reports of cougars and panthers continue to plague South Jersey residents.
"There is considerable community concern about coyotes," ... "We have 3,000 of them in all 21 counties of the state.
"The problem now may be a bold pack of coyotes that are ...seeing children as a possible source of food. We don't know."
Middletown Township Administrator Robert Czech said the township had begun to feel like it's "the Colorado of the East." ...
Capturing or killing them is the goal, Czech said. "This group of coyotes has decided it's going to go after young children because of their size.
"If they can't be contained, then I hope they terminate them."
Also, the number of bear-human encounters has risen steeply.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Saw two today, one this morning crossing road on way to work, another dead on expressway,
West Ga, Villa Rica/Six Flags area.
Were the coyotes rabid? Any wild animal that is acting strangely may be rabid.
The mexican coyote is worse.
Bears are no longer just going through the trash, they are breaking and entering. And coyotes are no longer contained to the wily domain of Saturday morning cartoons, they are trotting through suburban neighborhoods in increasing numbers.
A recent spate of black bear home invasions and attacks by coyotes and foxes on adults and children in the state of New Jersey sheds light on the growing nationwide problem...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,280492,00.html
There have been a lot more problems with coyotes in New Jersey, but the governor’s office and the DEP have kept a tight lid on the problems, just as it has been doing with bear and other wildlife problems...
If Gov. Jon S. Corzine and DEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson think the coyote problem, like the bear problem, is going to go away because they tell people how to deal with their garbage, they are mistaken. The only answer to the coyote and bear problems is through controlled hunting.
http://www.nj.com/sports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-4/118127562471410.xml&coll=5
Funny that New Jersey seems to have worse trouble than anywhere else.
We had a pack of coyotes up in our woods about five years ago, howling at the moon every night, but they never bothered any people or pets, and they moved on after a while.
The only problem we have in this part of Vermont is fisher cats, which have killed several of our neighbors’ cats, and mauled the dog next door a couple of months ago. They are pretty fierce for their size. We also have black bears passing through, but no trouble in this neighborhood, at least.
On the harmless side is a flock of about 25 wild turkeys, which spent the year before last in our woods before moving on to another feeding ground.
The governor and DEP commissioner are putting public safely at risk with their anti-hunting policies. By not using hunting as a tool to manage the state’s wildlife populations, they are allowing the state’s wildlife to get out of control. Had those attacks been by a bear — and sooner or later it will happen — both of those children could be dead.
Wish people would just relocate the critters rather than killing them. I live in Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley and saw a coyote outside my office last week. It was a shock because we aren’t close to the hills. But when it realized we were behind the window, it moved off. Poor thing, it really wanted the cat food that we put out for the ferals. He seemed really hungry.
Golf courses provide open spaces and small lakes. There are rabbits and quail and plenty of hiding spaces. Residents in the area also provide plump little dogs and cats for easy prey, especially this time of year, when coyotes are looking for food for their pups as well as themselves.
The one thing that has changed in the dynamic in the relationship between humans and coyotes more than anything else is that the animals have clearly figured out that people pose no threat.
“They are very comfortable now. Nobody does anything to them,” Julian said.
“The more often that coyotes are allowed in human proximity without negative consequences, they lose their fear.”
Residents of the Biltmore area have all noticed that the coyotes, which traditionally scamper away from human contact, no longer feel the need to run.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/0606Coyotes0606.html
I haven’t seen any Coyotes where I live in NJ but I’ve seen a roadrunner meep meep
We have a bear roaming our neighborhood. Coyotes have been here for a while.
We shoot the coyotes on sight.
the local state of New jersey problem is they won’t let you carry a gun for personal protection and you can’t hunt bear, deer, coyotes or ants.
>> Wish people would just relocate the critters rather than killing them.
HA ha ha hahahaha!
>> I live in Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley
OK, now I understand. You think they’re endangered... right? :-)
>> Poor thing, it really wanted the cat food that we put out for the ferals.
HA HA HA ha ha ha again. The “poor thing” doesn’t want the cat food, as much as it wants your CAT!!!!
City people do not understand wildlife.
Many think that bears, coyotes, lions...can be caught and then released in the woods. They do not realize that the woods are already full. The big adults have already kicked out the teenagers...who then show up in the cities and towns.
The predator populations will continue to dramatically expand and the city people will continue to never get it.
They’re pretty close to our place in Central NY, too. Saw one carrying something in its mouth a couple of weeks ago. We have a stream in back of the house on the marshland and geese and ducks land there. You can hear them screaming some nights and the coyotes barking. Brrr. Scary.
The coyote is one smart animal.
There are also dog / wolf mixes that are very big, strong, and fast.
Club ‘em over the head at the right time of year and you can get a nice pair of slippers out of ‘em. And sell the carcass to the local chinese joint to boot.
I disagree. When a species outgrows their food supply, comes into town and hunts cats, it means there are too many of them. There are too many coyotes in lots of places, they are not endangered.
That was either a daddy long legs coyote or senior citizen munchkin...
Does New Jersey allow you to defend yourself or to defend your family from an attack ?
No need for controls on the hunting of the Coyotes. They should be poisoned, shot, trapped as found.
This : Five-year-old Brayden Gazette ...?
sss comes to mind ?
There are other reasons for coyotes to come into contact with humans. In the case of Los Angeles, we just had fires up in the Hollywood Hills. I lived in Arizona in the country, people killed coyotes and then complained about the over abundance of rabbits, etc. Coyotes are opportunistic which makes cats an easy meal. As we encroach on their habitat, they will adapt which means, keep Fluffy inside.
Hunting license, 22 magnum marlin bolt action rifle, good scope..some practice, go hunting, no more coyote problem.
8-)
Now why did the reporter quote this engineer who is not referenced anywhere else in the article? Is she a “wildlife engineer”?
And by the way we humans may not be the only animals on the planet but we are the dominant species on this planet.
Shari Sokolowski, 49, of Jackson Township, who works in Middletown, said the coyote problem "has to do with development. They're losing their habitat. These are wild animals. If you affect their prey, they will look for food somewhere else."
They may be loosing their habitat but they are as much an invasive species in New Jersey as the Japanese Beatle.
The only reason that they are there is that the wolf was wiped out in New Jersey about a hundred years ago.
It was a 5 year old child.
This is actually a very easy problem to solve. I can’t remember what state this happened in but the insurance companies all got together and sued the state for the number of vehicles damaged because of the insane number of deer being struck on state roads. In order to avoid a gigantic financial penalty the state basically instituted a “shoot as many deer as you like” policy for a year or two. Deer population dropped dramatically, vehicle damage claims dropped dramatically. It’s like freakin’ magic!
The state could pay a bounty for coyote pelts to guys that buy a yearly hunting license and pay for a coyote tag. Win Win situation all around. Unfortunately this makes too much sense and is contrary to liberal thinking.
>> keep Fluffy inside.
Or, kill Wily.
HA ha ha ha ha! Well lookie here! I’ve got a snooty profiler to deal with that thinks they know me. LOL! Okay, I’ll take the time to explain it to you, Ticky. I never said they were endangered. Guess you can’t read. I lived in the country for a very long time in Arizona before coming to LA. In Arizona, people shot the coyotes and then complained about the over abundance of rabbits, snakes, etc. They shot the bears that wandered into to town on occasion rather than relocating them. It was a vicious cycle. As for eating cats, well duh. Thanks for the laugh. Bye byie.
Much of the problem is with Corzine and his friends who think the coyote problem, like the bear problem, will just go away .
We have had Cayote’s in Rock Creek Park in DC. Wish we could figure out how to lure them further south into Georgetown and Capitol Hill where they might actually due some good preying on the weak and feeble political class.
“>>keep Fluffy inside.”
“Or, kill Wily.”
Then why not ban cars because people don’t want to take care of their cats, right? Let the cats roam free with the possibility of enountering other dangers like feral cats, opposums, racoons, porcupines, feral dogs, etc, right? No, you’re right. We should let Fluffy roam free and take it’s chances.
Ooooooh! Touched a nerve, did I?
>> snooty profiler to deal with that thinks they know me.
Don’t know you, never claimed to. Don’t care to, after that crap.
>> I never said they were endangered.
It was a lucky guess.
>> I lived in the country for a very long time in Arizona before coming to LA.
Right. Whatever. Why do you feel the need to convince me, coyote hugger?
>> In Arizona, people shot the coyotes and then complained yadda yadda
OK, whatever, vermin-hugger.
I lost my favorite cat to these pests. You go on hugging ‘em, “LA”. I’ll kill ‘em by whatever means I can, whenever I can. I mean, there’s only about four billion of ‘em left on the planet. I’m sure I’ll never make a dent.
Say hi to Al Gore for me. ‘kay?
“bye byie”
That’s the PRNJ where the RINO’s in the ASSembly just approved a handgun a month rationing. I wrote my SOB that since he likes to vote with the RATS, I’ll do the same in November since RINO and RAT politicians are indistinguishable.
Yes, we have a natural system going here in Vermont, and a reasonable amount of hunting to keep things from getting out of hand.
We have some deer up in the woods, but it’s not like when we lived in Connecticut among the rats with antlers, where you couldn’t even raise tulips without having the deer eat them. Occasionally a moose passes through, but they prefer swampier areas.
Our dogs ran into a porcupine a few weeks ago, and frankly if I see it around I will whack it, because they damage trees as well as dogs, and there are more than enough of them to keep the species going.
Our dogs patrol five acres around the yard, and for the most part keep wild animals away from the house.
Yeah. I had one pass me by just about every morning on a hill range in Calabasas. They don't attack prey taller than themselves. All it came by for is water out of a sprinkler before a rabbit breakfast. It sat down to watch me work a few times. Nice strong looking tan dog. Very fast. Too bad you can't own or interact with one.
I thought mother nature would have better taste than to reclaim New Jersey.
The spread of wildlife into the cities has nothing to do with people moving into the animal’s habitat.
The wild animals are moving into a void in the city eco-system that used to be filled by dogs.
30 years ago everyone had a dog. And everyone let their dogs run free. The dogs harrassed the wildlife and kept them at bay. No more, now we have leash laws.
You know the saying, unintended concequences.
One of our neighbors have an old dog that stays in the yard and mostly sits around. It is real good at keeping the deer away from their flowers.
We lost our spring bear hunt season and more. We are also swamped with illegals and newbie city people from other states who do not understand hunting, fishing, farming, ranching.... They all vote the wrong way.
Now the bear break-ins are huge. It is even dangerous to open one’s windows in the summer.
There was a dumpster here in CA that seagulls were eating out of - 10 miles inland. A bunch of skunks scared them off and took it over like a family business. Nobody could get near it without a pffft. Those will make you take your clothes off before they melt on you. Those are butyl mercaptans in that spray. And they are like cats.
I don’t know whether this information is correct or not but I have read that there are coyotes in every county in the USA.
Sounds about right.
They are even in Central Park NYC.
Yeah, those mexican coyotes think they have a right to eat your son.
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