Oh MY! Look What Was Spotted Where I Work!

[K & L]

This is scary since coyotes love to eat cats. I have all my ferals here at work, and now this was spotted!

[Laura's Babies]

OH NO! That is disturbing to say the least!!!!

[catmandu]

The Way They Are Develpoing In The Desert Is Sadly Forcing The Coyotes To Roam Closer To People,and Look For Food.
I Hope That This Coyote Does Not Hurt Any Cats.

[Donnaj4962]

Oh my! That is awful! Prayers that all of your little friends stay safe!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Lovely in his own way but I hope your kitties will be safe

[Cataholic]

Oh, no!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Uh oh!!! I hope that he won't cause any problems.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Oh no!

I know this sounds like an odd way to deal with this, but is it possible to start leaving food for him/her further out somewhere? That way he/she would be well fed and wouldn't need to stalk the cats, and if fed further away, would keep him/her away from your site altogether?

Of course, then who's going to pay for the food, and if you start feeding one, you know more are going to show up possibly making the problem worse...... Anyway animal control can come in and remove him/her to a more "appropriate" setting?

[RedHedd]

One was spotted in New York's Central Park too, but they caught it.

[Miss Z]

The Way They Are Develpoing In The Desert Is Sadly Forcing The Coyotes To Roam Closer To People,and Look For Food.

So true, if people left nature alone then we wouldn't have these problems. I hope that he does not run into your cats, and I hope he finds somewhere more suitable to live.

[Glacier]

Oh no!

I know this sounds like an odd way to deal with this, but is it possible to start leaving food for him/her further out somewhere? That way he/she would be well fed and wouldn't need to stalk the cats, and if fed further away, would keep him/her away from your site altogether?

Of course, then who's going to pay for the food, and if you start feeding one, you know more are going to show up possibly making the problem worse...... Anyway animal control can come in and remove him/her to a more "appropriate" setting?

I wouldn't suggest feeding a coyote. Coyotes are very common where I live. They are fascinating animals in their own right,but they are predators to smaller animals. Coyotes habituate extremely quickly to humans and often rapidly loose their fear of people if they are fed. They are highly adaptive, extremely smart creatures. For example, there was a lady up here a couple winters ago who was leaving food (meat) out for a coyote. She thought he looked skinny and believed she was helping him. After a few weeks, the coyote got used to her, expected food to be available in her yard for him. One day she didn't set the food out at the usual time; the coyote took her small dog instead.

The fastest way to get rid of a coyote is to scare the daylights out of him--make as much noise as possible, bright lights ect. Make your ferals' food hard to get to for a bigger animal.

He looks pretty healthy. He may have just been passing through. Coyotes can cover a lot of ground and have huge territories.

I hope your ferals stay safe.

[K & L]

Let's just hope he finds a better location, and cats are not harmed.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I've never seen a coyote before !! Wow, I thought they only live in the desert..... ! I hope they can catch him and bring he back to his habitat, before he gets hurt by traffic or so....

[K & L]

I've never seen a coyote before !! Wow, I thought they only live in the desert..... ! I hope they can catch him and bring he back to his habitat, before he gets hurt by traffic or so....

They do, but since AZ is rapidly growing the coyotes are being run out of their habitats and into civilization. There are groups that will relocate them, but you have to see them on a regular basis in order to catch them.

[Lizzie]

I hope that all your feral cats stay safe.

It's difficult to decide how to view coyotes when you love both cats and wildlife. I admire coyotes and accept that they are predator and cats prey, just as cats are predator and nuthatches are prey. We have coyotes in the ravine around us and I love to listen to them at night. However, I make sure my cats are inside at night after their evening stroll because I don't want them to become a meal. I've also done what I can to save birds, moles, etc. from becoming a meal to cats. I know it's only natural, but I can't not step in and stop it.

This sounds rather gross, and for that I apologise, but I'm curious about something I was told by a friend years ago. Is it true that if a coyote takes a cat, it leaves the tail behind?

Edited to add that a coyote made its way into an elevator in downtown Seattle a few years ago. It was quite young and disoriented. Fortunately, the human it joined in the elevator was used to wildlife and helped in its rescue and relocation.

And edited again to add this new story of a coyote in New York's Central Park: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4834518.stm