Aggressive coyotes cause concern (Parker, Mead: homes, neighborhoods, subdivision)

[steveindenver]

Homesick and reading this just now:

9NEWS.com | Colorado's Online News Leader | Aggressive coyotes cause concern (http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=105581&catid=339 - broken link)

My favorite bit:

A street less than a quarter of a mile from her home has seen nearly a dozen attacks in the last year and a half.
"They're absolutely getting too used to humans,"

Let's see. You move into the habitat of the coyote and then you have the nerve to complain that the coyote is acting like a coyote? Good job.

[GregW]

Sometime the coyotes roam into human neighborhoods and find the joys of open dog food outside. That will almost guarantee their return. I suggest bait, a cold night waiting and a .22 air gun so the neighbors don’t fuss over what they don’t need to know.

[Shuffler]

I heard about this. The adaptability of the coyote is pretty amazing. Why wouldn't they lurk around where there's an easy meal waiting?

Pretty amusing...'fear and loathing in Parker'...

Just shoot the coyotes if you want to fix the problem of wild animals doing what wild animals do when encroached on, or raze the entire subdivision and kick the people out...

Coyotes for Christmas!!

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[formercalifornian]

Coyotes are very adaptable, and they'll live side-by-side with humans. We have lots of coyotes in my neighborhood, and I live just northwest of the Park Meadows mall, a very populous, and heavily-traveled region. We've noticed that the coyote population rises with the rabbit population. It's a cycle. The rabbit population explodes, coyotes move in, rabbit population declines (along with household pets), Fish & Wildlife removes coyotes, rabbit population explodes, etc., etc., etc.

[Bideshi]

.223 works wonders.

[formercalifornian]

Yeah, I can just imagine one of my neighbors taking it upon himself to hunt coyotes in the midst of a neighborhood filled with kids. Not likely! We don't live on a ranch out in the boondocks. This is a large suburban neighborhood surrounded on all sides by office buildings, highways, and shopping centers. I'd rather have Fish & Wildlife take care of it.

[steveindenver]

There are coyotes and foxes in the city too. I consistently saw a pack of 3-4 foxes this summer around the intersection of Montview and Monaco and have seen coyotes west of City Park.

So they kill a few cats and dogs that people leave out; don't want that to happen? Don't leave your pets out.

This reminds me of the guy I know who wanted help killing the squirrels in his yard. I was game until I realized that he had been feeding the birds -- and as a consequence the squirrels for some time. I'm all for offing squirrels when they become a nuisance but not when they have been baited into becoming pests they otherwise might not become.

[formercalifornian]

Foxes? Wow, they're usually very shy and solitary. A mother with pups, perhaps?

[2bindenver]

I saw two racoons wandering around HR at dusk a few weeks ago.

Yes, I am sure they weren't skunks.

[formercalifornian]

We've had quite a menagerie this year: an owl in our spruce tree, coyotes, rabbits, raccoons, garter snakes, squirrels, and a ton of birds. I like it!