Comments on: Coyote Drags Toddler From Front Yard

Animal Releases 2-Year-Old Girl When Mom Appears; 3rd Incident In 5 Days

[tomanyt]

minnick8...What are you talking about?

[minnick8-2009]

so one treehugger owns land in Utah. He''''s not complainging about wildlife in his hood is he?

I just find with tree huggers that as long as they have theirs, forget the rest.

[lefeaoux]

The coyotes are a part of the environment, the ecology. They rarely ever attack humans. But if people are going to inhabit wilderness areas, then it is wise to have a dog that can protect children when they are present. And for goodness sake, don''''t leave your children unattended. Just a few minutes alone and a toddler can drown in a toilet.

Posted by rudy654 at 03:27 PM : May 08, 2008

I have to agree with you. They hybrid dogs are a different story though. They WILL attack ANYTHING, including adult humans at the drop of a hat!

[tomanyt]

rudy654...Well said. Particularly the last two sentences.

[rudy654-2009]

The coyotes are a part of the environment, the ecology. They rarely ever attack humans. But if people are going to inhabit wilderness areas, then it is wise to have a dog that can protect children when they are present. And for goodness sake, don''t leave your children unattended. Just a few minutes alone and a toddler can drown in a toilet.

[lefeaoux]

LeFeaoux...R u a biologist?

Posted by tomanyt at 03:20 PM : May 08, 2008

No, I am not. I am just an avid outdoors man and have taken a great deal of time to learn about wildlife in this country. I have come face to face with bears, mountain lions, wolves (my dog is a wolf-chow hybrid), moose, elk and just about every wild animal we have in this country. Except gators, never seen a gator in the wild.

[tomanyt]

LeFeaoux...Its exactly how I feel and I have 7 children.

[tomanyt]

LeFeaoux...R u a biologist?

[lefeaoux]

Screw the children! Coyotes where here first! Urban sprawl is the reason these coyotes attack. They are looking for food.


Posted by tomanyt at 03:12 PM : May 08, 2008

I cannot believe that you just wrote that! I am all for the preservation of wildlife but is "screw the children" REALLY how you feel? If it is, I hope you never have kids.

[lefeaoux]

LeFeauox--Most of the problem, as I used to see it, was with wild dogs...I ran across them in North Georgia on Management hunts, notched an arrow when they stopped to consider me and they took off...they actually ran a deer through camp late one night...it was alway pretty much ''''kill on sight'''' with them.

Animals will go for the easiest food...if they think its kids...they''''ll go for it. If people started shooting at them in towns, they''''ll be more circumspect.

Start making the pickings easy for them and try to protect them and they multiply like rabbits...does the breed a disservice as well...lets the unfit survive.

Posted by Prinzowhales at 03:11 PM : May 08, 2008

I was going to address that issue actually. The REAL problem we have with coyotes here is that they inter-breed with feral dogs and the resulting hybrid is an EXTREMELY dangerous animal! My brother, my ex-wife and I were out in the desert shooting here one day and in the distance, we saw a HUGE pack of dogs running towards us. It was really spooky! The sounds of the gunfire actually BROUGHT THEM IN to us. There had to be 40-50 dogs in that pack and they looked very much like a coyote except BIGGER. My brother and I began dropping them as fast as we could and I guess we shot 5-6 of them before the rest ran back off into the desert. Now animals like THAT, need to be shot on sight! They had NO FEAR of us whatsoever until we began killing the.

[tomanyt]

LeFeaoux...We could stop expanding by building up not out like the Europeans do.

[displeased]

Too many children in this world, not enough coyotes.

[tomanyt]

Normally I''''m all for maintaining animal habitats, but in this situation, screw the coyote! Any coyote within a 10 mile radius that doesn''''t show fear of humans should be hunted down and destroyed, period!!
Children FIRST!!
Posted by alsdailynews
Screw the children! Coyotes where here first! Urban sprawl is the reason these coyotes attack. They are looking for food.

[lefeaoux]

Here in the suburbs of New York City, we have seen a large growth of Coyotes. I have lived her 40+ years and never saw one, until the past 10 years. The exploding huge populations of white-tail deer, could be the reason for the rise. Lately, they have been grabbing toddlers and dogs from peoples back yards. There is plenty of food for them, but they sieze on the opportunities, not due to lack of food.

Posted by JoeCoolSwat at 03:05 PM : May 08, 2008

They ARE opportunistic hunters, that is a fact. Living near wildlife NEVER offers a guarantee that you will not experience problems with them. Our options in situations like this are limited. We can just stop reproducing and expanding cities ... that won''t work. We can just begin killing-off all wildlife that we deem a "threat" to us ... that really isn''t a good idea. We can replenish their natural food sources and try to reserve certain areas for them to live in ... this is probably our best option. Perhaps a deprivation hunt here and there to thin them out but those are really our only options.

[prinzowhales]

LeFeauox--Most of the problem, as I used to see it, was with wild dogs...I ran across them in North Georgia on Management hunts, notched an arrow when they stopped to consider me and they took off...they actually ran a deer through camp late one night...it was alway pretty much ''kill on sight'' with them.

Animals will go for the easiest food...if they think its kids...they''ll go for it. If people started shooting at them in towns, they''ll be more circumspect.

Start making the pickings easy for them and try to protect them and they multiply like rabbits...does the breed a disservice as well...lets the unfit survive.

[joecoolswat]

Here in the suburbs of New York City, we have seen a large growth of Coyotes. I have lived her 40+ years and never saw one, until the past 10 years. The exploding huge populations of white-tail deer, could be the reason for the rise. Lately, they have been grabbing toddlers and dogs from peoples back yards. There is plenty of food for them, but they sieze on the opportunities, not due to lack of food.

[lefeaoux]

Nancy_Naive

I wouldn''''t expect any other comment from you.
Always the clever one.

Sincerely,

Posted by rohink at 02:42 PM : May 08, 2008

There aren''t that many coyotes in Norfolk!

[rohink-2009]

Nancy_Naive

I wouldn''t expect any other comment from you.
Always the clever one.

Sincerely,

[lefeaoux]

Coyotes usually attack in packs even with small prey something is not right here with their food supply however they have no "refuge" from this kind of a attack.

Posted by radiob at 02:36 PM : May 08, 2008

This isn''t entirely true. If they try to take large prey such as deer, etc. then they will work as a pack but you almost never see them hunting in packs. They are usually lone hunters. They live in packs but they do not usually hunt that way.

[radiob-2009]

Coyotes usually attack in packs even with small prey something is not right here with their food supply however they have no "refuge" from this kind of a attack.