Anybody here know about this stuff? They're getting to be more present EVERYWHERE in the US. I want to know if I need to go about armed to keep the little buggers off of me, much as I hate to think I have to worry about it.
They will also attack small children. I cannot recall hearing about an attack on an adult like this one. Scary.
If there are several of them they are quite brave. In some parts of the US when they are getting plenty of food they are very large.
Here in S California where I live they are smaller.
The Western Coyote is a small critter and lives a solitary lifestyle.
The Eastern Coyote is actually believed to be a hybrid between the western coyote and the eastern timber wolf. It gets larger and can form form packs. Its dangerous - obviously. People who hike or travel in areas where dangerous animals are found, should be allowed to be armed, or should be accompanied by another individual who is capable of handling a weapon.
This is really a horrible tragedy which lever should have happened.
I wouldn’t say coyotes are shy and harmless so much as cowardly and preferring to avoid direct confrontation on even terms. But the instant they think they have the upper hand everything is just meat they haven’t eaten yet.
There have been attacks in Griffith Park in central Los Angeles. All they have to do is get her Achilles tendons and she's down for the kill. They do the same to dogs.
Coyotes aren't stupid. Any predator will test to see what constitutes prey. Once they learn, the game is on, so to speak. I have a little quote for your consideration from Leviticus 26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
This is no joke; it is all about our refusal to manage nature as commanded in Genesis 1:28. Of course, the Mosaic Law doesn't matter any more and only applied in Israel...
The law doesn't care whether you believe in it or not. It works the way it always has.
One thing we hunters have always said: coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, and other predators lose their fear of man when we stop hunting them. I have walked up on packs of coyotes in the Texas Panhandle while hunting. They knew to run away, even though I was alone. They have a healthy fear of man around the state where people hunt. In or near cities where people are not allowed to shoot, not so much. I feel for the poor girl and her family.
Where I live, it is legal to shoot and kill coyotes if they are on your property, even if you are in city limits. Coyote hunting permits are also issued at many different times of the year.
He was doing his nightly garbage run, up and down driveways looking for leftovers, with his head down while trotting along.
He damn near bumped into me while I was walking backwards saying “Whoa! Whoa!” He took off like a shot.
They are big, like a German Sheppard. But skinny and wild.
Scared me pretty good!
They are vicious and taking over our area because all of their natural predators are gone. They are really difficult to hunt also. I am not sure what can be done about them.