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user-inactivated  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 30, 2017

Aww. Shoot. I have a soft spot in my heart for coyotes, but I do understand that they can cause problems. Good luck man.





lm  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'm not a fan of killing wildlife at all but I want my little birds to be happy and safe.

user-inactivated  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Totally understandable. It's a long shot, but maybe you could call the local game warden and see if they can refer you to someone who can trap and remove it?

lm  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will definitely do that, but I live in the country so I don't have high hopes...and I really don't want them to just drop it on the other side of the woods behind my house!

user-inactivated  ·  2402 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. Dumping it on the other side of the woods wouldn't do any good, because it'd just find its way back no problem. Usually when they're trapped and removed, they're relocated to a forest preserve or something.

We have coyotes around here in the city and surrounding suburbs, but they don't cause too many problems. Every now and again the sheriff/police/park rangers will put out notices reminding us to keep lids on our trash, stay with our pets when we let them out at night, not interact with them, etc. I think it tends to work, cause I watch the local news almost every morning, and I don't think I've ever seen a report about an aggressive coyote encounter. If we had one, they'd probably jump all over that, cause they report on some of the most inane stuff.

Urban Coyote