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IronLionZion

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16. Coyotes and other animals have gotten more urban these days

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 03:52 PM

Jan 2020

We have them here in the DC area, including in the city. They've learned to stay hidden during the day and sneak about at night.

I've seen foxes and deer too. No word on roadrunners. If you see a coyote painting a beatiful mural on a wall, there will be an anvil or something bad falling on him soon.

Coyote Are Here To Stay In D.C. Here’s What You Should Know About Them
https://dcist.com/story/17/09/07/coyote-are-here-to-stay-in-dc-heres/

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DNA tests confirm coyote captured in Chicago attacked boy [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP

So...the child provoked the coyote by shooting it with a bb? The child should be able to tell us if Karadeniz Jan 2020 #1

I only read that it had been shot with a bb gun. Not that the 6 year old Tumbulu Jan 2020 #2

Did you acquire the dogs on your own, or were they part of the Defenders of Wildlife program? rwsanders Jan 2020 #5

Thank you, I rescued one ( who has passed) and have bought one Tumbulu Jan 2020 #6

I've got 5 of those dogs jcgoldie Jan 2020 #8

You know a couple of half wild burros will do wonders Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #9

Yeah, and I heard llamas were also useful in keeping livestock safe Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #13

What is the difference between them and a Kangal? Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #14

Yeah, I heard they renamed all Anatolians Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #17

Breed registries definitely change the dog over time Drahthaardogs Jan 2020 #18

Oh interesting. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #20

Exactly! Duppers Jan 2020 #7

No where in the story does it say the boy shot the coyote dware Jan 2020 #12

No see post 28 lunasun Jan 2020 #30

Most wild animals attack because there is something wrong with them due to age, illness or injury yaesu Jan 2020 #3

I'm really glad it wasn't rabies Withywindle Jan 2020 #4

He looks guilty. milestogo Jan 2020 #10

Beautiful animal. dware Jan 2020 #11

I can vouch for Great Pyrenees and donkeys as guard animals Bayard Jan 2020 #15

Coyotes and other animals have gotten more urban these days IronLionZion Jan 2020 #16

How the hell did a coyote end up in Chicago in the first place? jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #19

Coyotes tend to travel and seem to adapt well to living next to humans Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #21

Coyotes are all over Los Angeles County Raine Jan 2020 #22

They are all over Chicago, too. It's not new. The alligator thing a few months ago was new mucifer Jan 2020 #27

Why are you saying the child harmed the animal? dware Jan 2020 #23

According to the article, coyotes have been in Chicago for decades. sl8 Jan 2020 #25

Apparently someone didn't read the whole article, dware Jan 2020 #26

Coyotes in Chicago is nothing new One biting 2 people was The thought was in tracking it was lunasun Jan 2020 #28

They are protected? dware Jan 2020 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jan 2020 #24