I think some of the people who read this journal may have been privy to the Cat-Herder and I ranting about people who should just go back to their controlled urban environment and out of our countryside, dammit. (Needless to say, the Cat-Herder is more polite than I. He generally is.)
Coyotes are cool. Most people are stupid. And as several folks have said, if people kept their domestic animals INSIDE where domesticated things belong, they would be safe, not only from the minor threat of coyotes, but the far more pervasive threat of cars.
As for the "attacks on children," healthy coyotes do not attack humans. Period. The rare attacks that do happen are sick animals. (So sayeth our friendly neighborhood animal cop, who has reason to know better than the Boston Globe.) And even so, if someone had had the bloody sense to teach their kids to keep away from strange animals...
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Coyotes are cool. Most people are stupid. And as several folks have said, if people kept their domestic animals INSIDE where domesticated things belong, they would be safe, not only from the minor threat of coyotes, but the far more pervasive threat of cars.
As for the "attacks on children," healthy coyotes do not attack humans. Period. The rare attacks that do happen are sick animals. (So sayeth our friendly neighborhood animal cop, who has reason to know better than the Boston Globe.) And even so, if someone had had the bloody sense to teach their kids to keep away from strange animals...