If you have witnessed a pack of coyotes kill your beloved pet dog you might have a different opinion.
I am out in the country. The dogs stay in a fenced yard. I have a couple packs of coyotes that cruise the ranch all night. I enjoy their singing and they, along with the resident hawks and owls, keep the ground varmints at bay. The only livestock I’ve lost to wild animals are the raccoons got in to the chickens once and some raptors ate all the trout in the pond. It’s live and let live out here.