We are having a dramatic increase in coyote attacks, particularly in the neighborhoods in the wildland interface. The coyotes are becoming increasing bold particularly at sunset and early morning hours. Please follow the attached link to the “Living in Yorba Linda” blog site for specific ideas on how to protect your animals. http://www.landofgraciousliving.com/
In the past, we have had requests to exterminate the coyotes. We have been advised by professionals that attempts at extermination of the coyotes only serves to increase their birth rate as they sense their declining numbers. So the best we can do is to learn to protect our pets. There have not been reported attacks on small children, but vigilance in the interface areas is recommended.
Please do NOT take measures in your own hands to exterminate the coyotes. It is illegal and dangerous.
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Thanks for the update Jan
i agree we can learn to live with the coyotes.
Don’t forget they do control squirel and rabbit populations
on monday night,9.9.09, at about 10:00 pm, my dog (17 lb) was attacked in my backyard. the yard has been secure so that the dog would not be able to escape and we never had a coyote problem for the past at least 10-15 years, at least not in the yards.
my dog was saved initially (and first round) due to his feisty nature, and (second round) by my husband. but he had teeth marks and one deeper wound in his neck. he was lucky and i was stunned that a coyote was able to get in a backyard in a residential area.
i did let animal control know about this and was told that someone would come. i stayed at home the entire day just to realize no one was going to call or come. seems that if this is becoming an increasing problem, the issue should be advertised more fiercely about the problem (i knew nothing of it) and that animal control could at least inform the callers if they could/or not come.
i would so appreciate if the advertisement be more fierce and if there’s more awareness to this increasing problem.
thanks so much.
On 9-9-09 around 645am we found a cat had been killed and attacked by 2 coyotes and had chased my cats up a tree… i was hoping that something could be done about this. They are not scared of people at all. Something needs to be done to scare them.
Hi my name is Michelle Doan, I go to UCSC and I’m working on this coyote problem as my topic for a field investigative essay, I need to interview some people who have possibly spotted coyotes near their homes or anyone who would have more information on the situition. Please email me at doamina_27@yahoo.com, this would really help my paper out a whole lot. Thank you!
on 12-28-09 i was walking out the front of my house , are house is located near the catwalk by glenview elemenyery school the coyots use this as ther highway to all the niehborhoods and to hunt . i saw two of them and they didnot seem to be that affriaid of me , we had alresdy lost a cat to one last year and i literaly pulled our new cat out of a coyotes mouth about 6 months ago that is a whole other story . if you have a question call me at 714 386 0362 thank you
On Jan 6th,2010 we lost both our dogs due to a coyote that jumped our 6 ft full enclosed yard. We are miles for any open habitat. Two weeks before the neighbor across the street had their dog attached in the early evening. We have noticed they walk along the block walls looking in the yards as they go by. We have a wood fence on our property so we felt they were unable to shop, instead it was just a quick jump over the fence. Most the people in our neighborhood that have block walls are not allowing any young children in their backyards after 5pm. I guess we have to keep our children locked up inside the house now…as some people say we just have to live with it. Not until a young child is actually harmed will anything ever be done, but its the people who say we just have to live with it I hope its not their child that is lost. It only takes 1 child to devistate a family and neighborhood.
To my previous post it was actully around 6pm on Jan 5th
I just saw 3 coyotes in the open field last friday in Irvine boulevard , Irvine right where is this militar abandoned buildings, they used to have a polo play area there and I was driving and I saw one watching rabbits. Later I came back with my friend from foothil ranch and we saw 2 other in differents areas but in the same field.