Originally Posted By Mary Poppins An up and coming teen folk singer went for a hike on a famous trail in Nova Scotia and was killed by coyotes. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/29/canada.singer.killed/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBI...dex.html</a> I have coyotes on my front lawn. I think she did make a mistake in going into the woods alone. I feel you should always have a buddy with you. Who knows what could befall you. And, the experts are baffled by this coyote behaviour as usually coyotes are shy around humans. Scary. That's enough "When animals attack" topics from me for now.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I read this this morning!! We have coyotes in our neighborhood as well. Our coyotes are not shy at all! They stop what they are doing & look at us as if we are invading their space! which, in turn, WE ARE! And those rotten bears broke my bird feeder & the turkeys won't cross the road fast enough & they shoot me dirty looks to when I honk at them!! It is terrible what happened to this hiker, my heart really goes out to her family/friends.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper No coyotes here...but...don't go chasing after your golfball in the lakes. Gotta watch out for gators.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Nothing from nothing, but from the picture she seemed a very pretty girl too.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 How sad, it does make you think that you should never go for a walk by yourself. (nature walk)
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Didn't anyone else around here read Animal Farm in junior high school?
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 Yes I did read Animal Farm in junior high as well as high school... That does to be very odd behavior for coyotes. I've seen a lot especially out in West Texas. Even packs seem to run if there is anyone nearby.
Originally Posted By LuLu I've heard the coyotes are getting very bold. No wonder, we're not leaving them their "natural" places to go. I've gone hiking by myself which is probably foolish - a woman was attacked by a mountain lion in our parks. Her friend actually succeeded in getting the lion to let go of the woman's head, and saved her life. Ugh!
Originally Posted By LuLu I read the article, and the girl was at the beginning of the trail with other people around (at least they were close enough to see, and call 911). That makes this even more scary!
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 A lot of coyotes near my friend's grandfather's farm are having to fight a lot more for food, because texas is having a bit of a problem with wild boars. They have gotten big and mean.. (Mostly because some stupid rich hunter decided to import Russian boars which have bred with the local population)
Originally Posted By ophellia OMG^^^^ here in NW Or coyotes are also quite bold...we are across from a Forest area ...we are cautioned never let the cat out and keep the dog in sight...racoons and bears make me bring my bird food In at night...
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 The coyotes in my neighborhood keep pretty much to themselves. You still have to keep your animals in though. Our raccoons, on the other hand, have no problems coming right on the porch and driving our Akita crazy by yelling at her through the sliding glass door.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Racoons yell? I'm thinking that at least here in SoCal that the drought may be a factor...we've seen the bunnies come into backyards for grass and ice plant because it's so dry here the small stream and little ponds are no more and nothing is growing in the back country...so there isn't enough vegetation to support a healthy rabbit population...so competition for food and trying to find a sorce of water are probably what is making coyotes more aggressive.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt did I mention we have Fishers too! They scream in the night! scary
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Something which gets me is when the experts say "Coyotes would never do this." Well, HELLO, they just did and you can't explain it and you're supposed to be the expert.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 I think the thing really is.... they shouldn't be doing this, but they are. Most likely due to loss of land etc.
