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Coyote Action is an Ohio non-profit organization formed in 2003
by nationally recognized community activist David A. Kidd. Coyote Action has
applied for recognition by the federal government under IRS code 501(c)3.
David A. Kidd, President; Treasurer, Canton, OH
Sara Hundertmark; Secretary, Kansas City, MO
Lauretta Lintner, Sebring, FL
Questions/Comments:
In this section the webmaster will post comments about the web site
or about coyotes received via e-mail or regular mail, subject to editing for
space and civility. These comments will be purged periodically.
Thank you for your submissions. David Kidd
1. POSTED FEBRUARY 1, 2004 from SB, St. Louis, Missouri
My sister lives in urban St Louis, Missouri and has two German Shepherd dogs. She
takes them daily to Forest Park, a 2,000 acre park near her home. Yesterday,
the three of them were accosted by a pack of 4 coyotes. When the
coyotes separated the slower dog from my sister and the other dog, they began
surrounding him and looked ready to attack him? Broad daylight, 10
am, 25 degrees, sunny. She screamed at him to come, and was able to
get him out of the fray, but as they ran to the car, the four coyotes ran after
them. She has lived there 10 years, never had a problem. Is
this normal behavior? What can she do in the future? She
is a conservationist, an animal lover, and an outdoorswoman. She
wishes no confrontation, and keeps her dogs leashed except for these short
off-leash stops to let them run. She surmised that the growing population of
coyotes, the recent cold spell, the dwindling food supply ( rabbits and
squirrels have become scarce), could all add up to the coyotes' aggressiveness. But
to attack 100+ pound German Shepherds?
2. POSTED FEBRUARY 5, 2004 from CK, Westlake Village, Califonia:
I had a "pet" female (coyote) named Suzie for several years. She had a
benign birth defect, an extra foreleg and was the lone survivor of a litter
destroyed by an idiot rancher. She made it to my horse's pasture. I kept
her alive with minimum human interaction. Suzie became friends with every
animal on the ranch from cat's to horses, would sit in the arena watching
horses under training and accompany me on trail rides.
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