tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post6200004217914711537..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: The plight of the city coyoteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83495198923427212822008-02-16T07:01:00.000-08:002008-02-16T07:01:00.000-08:00When I lived in TX we had quite a large goat herd....When I lived in TX we had quite a large goat herd. You could hear the coyotes all the time but they never bothered the goats. One day I looked out and one of the coyotes was hanging out with the goats just laying out there with them. The only problem we did have was with our neighbor's dog and with the humongous raccoons that lived off of our chickens whenever they could and the feral hogs Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-34966624241735666392008-02-15T23:26:00.000-08:002008-02-15T23:26:00.000-08:00Greenpa-totally love your posts hope someone keeps...Greenpa-totally love your posts hope someone keeps plugging quarters into your jukebox!camp momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883994272629542209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-69100244746914971852008-02-15T22:19:00.000-08:002008-02-15T22:19:00.000-08:00When I lived in New Mexico, an early cold snap dro...When I lived in New Mexico, an early cold snap drove a herd of antelope out of the mountains all the way to southern NM where we were. The park rangers/animal patrol/powers that be rounded them all up, drove them two hours north, and put them back where they 'belonged'.<BR/><BR/>The antelope beat them back to the city ;)<BR/><BR/>Live and let live I say. They were here first :)Valerie Robersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400026383513835586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26215103655551200652008-02-15T19:01:00.000-08:002008-02-15T19:01:00.000-08:00i'm more of a 'leave him alone' kinda gal. unless ...i'm more of a 'leave him alone' kinda gal. unless there's an overpopulation of any species, i figure they may as well be left alone. i mean, we pretty much raped their land, and now we're all complaining that these animals are annoying us... what else should we expect? i mean, i hate skunks. they scare me, and they smell awful, and they love hanging around the lot where i park my car. but i wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-24049238290671220102008-02-15T18:28:00.000-08:002008-02-15T18:28:00.000-08:00Nah, DC, she's too damn lazy to try to roam the co...Nah, DC, she's too damn lazy to try to roam the countryside pretending to be a coyote. Plus she's pretty happy with her current looks and doesn't want to don a fake tail just to blend in with the rest of the pack. ;-)Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54367642625759334852008-02-15T17:15:00.000-08:002008-02-15T17:15:00.000-08:00Crunch. lol. yep, exactly. Maybe 50 cents! Hey...Crunch. lol. yep, exactly. Maybe 50 cents! Hey, I put up a comment on the NYT Dot Earth today about Red Wolves! Not red foxes- red wolves. :-)<BR/><BR/>just can't help it; there's an old mammal freak in there somewhere-Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-16987438418191338842008-02-15T17:08:00.000-08:002008-02-15T17:08:00.000-08:00Good gravy, Greenpa. Did someone put a quarter in ...Good gravy, Greenpa. Did someone put a quarter in your jukebox?Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-91888937152501670872008-02-15T16:52:00.000-08:002008-02-15T16:52:00.000-08:00One more bit of arcane mammalogy, having to do wit...One more bit of arcane mammalogy, having to do with "introduced" species.<BR/><BR/>Red foxes, now- those belong here, right?<BR/><BR/>Nope. Sort of. Apparently there WAS a native red fox- but it was quickly replaced- Virginia to Alaska- by European red foxes, introduced for hunting. DNA analysis these days has trouble finding any trace of the original fox.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-74271449830729277582008-02-15T16:26:00.000-08:002008-02-15T16:26:00.000-08:00Berrybird- I agree with 95% of what you said there...Berrybird- I agree with 95% of what you said there- well put.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't even dare to raise THIS point-it's inflammatory- except it's one I know a good deal about, and I think the readers of this blog deserve to know.<BR/><BR/>The "cats eat millions of birds" thing is bad rap.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, it's a very subtle half-truth; and the conversation quickly moves to cat-lovers Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-57958163700696444172008-02-15T16:13:00.000-08:002008-02-15T16:13:00.000-08:00Coyotes should be trapped in baited cages and then...Coyotes should be trapped in baited cages and then relocated to a less populated area where they can live normal coyote lives away from human contact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-78472043417856594232008-02-15T15:54:00.000-08:002008-02-15T15:54:00.000-08:00I feel very strongly that rebounding predator popu...I feel very strongly that rebounding predator populations are a good thing. I live in a northeastern city, and have seen coyotes in my backyard in the day time. I was thrilled! We need them, to keep out of control deer populations in check. Pets and small children should not be outdoors unsupervised anyway; risks to non-native pets from native wildlife would be a terrible reason to kill BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-48914184552818718312008-02-15T14:46:00.000-08:002008-02-15T14:46:00.000-08:00Homeland Security has finished its investigation i...Homeland Security has finished its investigation into coyote attacks and concluded that the coyotes have been framed. The real threat, they have determined, is a coyote look-alike that resides somewhere in the desert southwest. It travels around the country on the back of an Extracycle bike terrorizing country folk and city-dwellers alike. To some, this news will come as a great shock. To DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638079335012155807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4729597351180010532008-02-15T14:25:00.000-08:002008-02-15T14:25:00.000-08:00Children have been killed by coyotes. In suburbs....Children have been killed by coyotes. In suburbs.<BR/><BR/>It will happen again- pretty much guaranteed; and directly correlated to coyote numbers- and how unwary they are of people.<BR/><BR/>Apart from anything else- have you thought about the effect on your community? If your community votes in favor of the occasional random child sacrifice- I think you will see neighbors at war, very quicklyGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-561183838571873492008-02-15T14:02:00.000-08:002008-02-15T14:02:00.000-08:00We have coyotes in our rural residential area. Li...We have coyotes in our rural residential area. Like Wendy, I agree that we have moved into THEIR territory, not vice versa, and we will adapt to them. We share the planet with ALL beings.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-69355843858634474092008-02-15T11:51:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:51:00.000-08:00Leave them alone! We have destroyed their "natura...Leave them alone! We have destroyed their "natural" habitats and we wonder why they are invading ours! And to all of those people who cite wild creatures attacking little children and that we should kill them to prevent a POSSIBLE attack, I ask, why are human children so much more valuable than animal children? Yes, I would fight to the death any person or animal who threatened my children, Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84018697820138818812008-02-15T11:32:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:32:00.000-08:00We live in a rural area. While we do have alot of...We live in a rural area. While we do have alot of different wildlife (including coyotes, wolves and bears)we just try to remember we are in their territory. We keep close track of our dog, remind our youngin to come inside if a wolf, coyote or bear comes into sight. Trashcans are kept in garage so it doesn't atract bears...it's just alot of common sense stuff we do. Even that doesn't insure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6473098696788733972008-02-15T11:24:00.000-08:002008-02-15T11:24:00.000-08:00Sure, right now, this coyote just took out a cat o...Sure, right now, this coyote just took out a cat or small dog or two. How would you feel if it were your chickens? Your goat? Your food and pets?<BR/><BR/>We had a coyote problem--walking over snowbanks into the fenced yard--one winter. A local trapper with a noose-type trap took care of them. The first trapped critter wasn't a coyote, though, it was the dog belonging to the 'Our dog doesn'tBoysMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474788412440788887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45925717413202773082008-02-15T10:41:00.001-08:002008-02-15T10:41:00.001-08:00Yike. Take a look here, you parents.http://tchest...Yike. Take a look here, you parents.<BR/><BR/>http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/coyote_attacks.html<BR/><BR/>Urban coyotes start out by eating doggies and kitties, and garbage. Eventually, when nobody bothers them- they move on to bigger soft meat.<BR/><BR/>Yes, they do. Look it up. Often? No.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-53449628525144598782008-02-15T10:41:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:41:00.000-08:00According to one estimate, there are as many as 5,...According to one estimate, there are as many as 5,000 coyotes in the city of Los Angeles. Yet, there are fewer than 10 coyote attacks on people a year in the entire state of California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-33645594162909822602008-02-15T10:18:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:18:00.000-08:00We don't have coyote roaming the streets of downto...We don't have coyote roaming the streets of downtown Anchorage, but we do have moose and bears. My four year old was outside playing and came running inside all excited to tell me there was a moose outside, and when I went to look, sure enough, there were two of them. I also had to call a neighbor one time because her 5 yr old son was leaning out their kitchen window, feeding his sandwich to a AKfitknithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01606405275001893035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-74638327051192390022008-02-15T10:10:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:10:00.000-08:00Just have to throw my .02 in here...there have bee...Just have to throw my .02 in here...there have been several studies that show coyotes only have as many pups as the food in their territory will allow. When you kill one coyote, a coyote from a neighboring territory will have a larger litter the next breeding season - because it can, because its territory has increased. Wolves operate in much the same fashion.<BR/><BR/>We need to learn to live QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-38207055459202549852008-02-15T10:05:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:05:00.000-08:00I would be delighted if rats were controlled by co...I would be delighted if rats were controlled by coyotes. Living in a coastal area with lots of fruit trees, restaurants and mild climate. Last year the rats went after all the vines on my fence. Disgusting. A natural predator would be great.katecontinuedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464606210207324034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3214202136504223072008-02-15T09:48:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:48:00.000-08:00If we keep obliterating natural habitats, where do...If we keep obliterating natural habitats, where do people think the animals are going to go? The fact that people see this as a 'problem' is maddening - this is an obvious result of our governments mismanagement of wildlife areas. Leave the poor creatures alone, this is only the beginning of their struggle.<BR/><BR/>PS. I laughed out loud ad DC's comment/photo. I really think he should have run Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30864433508554883932008-02-15T09:35:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:35:00.000-08:00My concern about coytotes would mainly be if they ...My concern about coytotes would mainly be if they were killing other native creatures. There was a very sad article in the NY Times a few months ago about cats decimating the bird population in certain areas of the country. But I think it sounds like there's not much reason to try and "control" the coyote population here.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2336337439470541672008-02-15T09:20:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:20:00.000-08:00Anon in CT - where I grew up (small town Iowa) we ...Anon in CT - where I grew up (small town Iowa) we didn't have coyotes that I know of, but we did have occasional packs of feral dogs. Now I live in Minnesota, where there are wolves in some of the suburbs - but you wouldn't know it, they're very shy of people.<BR/> <BR/>All in all, I'd choose the wild critters. They're way less likely to attack people than formerly-tame dogs. And you shouldn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com