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20 Goats Killed In Molino Pasture By Coyotes
November 12, 2009
Coyotes have attacked and killed over 20 goats in Molino, and the coyotes are still on the loose.
Wednesday night, Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies, Escambia County Animal Control and the Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife were dispatched to a pasture in the 6000 block of Fairground Road in Molino.
The owner of 20 goats — 12 adult and eight babies – reported the animals to have been missing or dead in their pasture. Deputies were able to locate the bodies of all eight baby goats and a few of the adult goats. While deputies Heath Cheatham and his partner were investigating, they saw two coyotes in the field.
“While in the pasture looking for the goats, we observed two coyotes to be walking through the wood line area of the pasture,” Cheatham sad in his report. “All of the goats that were located appeared to be killed as a natural act of predation by coyotes.”
The goat’s caretaker told deputies that he would clean up and bury the goats Thursday morning.
A dog was also reportedly killed by the coyotes.
An investigation is continuing by the Florida Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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60 Responses to “20 Goats Killed In Molino Pasture By Coyotes”
exactly- so you are left with no solutions even though you know they are right by a school…. and you see them during day at times…
REGARDING:
“all i was told is we could shoot them during day. ”
Just the same I bet someone would gripe about discharging a firearm near the school, especially if not careful where pointing
No reason to assume i did not report it. i emailed wildlife and game and all i was told is we could shoot them during day. i was not offered any assistance. I consider myself smart enough to inquire about what could be done-and Good Grief- i do not wait for someone else to do it.
Well, good grief!!! Molino Resident, has anyone ever reported it. Or, did everyone think someone else would do it?
THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL COYOTES THAT COME OUT IN DAYLIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO THE MOLINO PARK SCHOOL…..AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THEM BEING RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL-NOT ONLY THAT THEY ARE ROAMING IN DAYLIGHT. I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIELD THEY ARE IN. YOU CAN SHOOT THEM IN DAYLIGHT-BUT WHO IS GOING TO DO THAT NEXT TO A SCHOOL. TOO BAD SOMEONE COULDNT LOOK INTO THIS.
Maddog my foot,
You gotta be Chemist, Deb, Mike, or D. HA!!! At least all of you know I do not lie. I hate lying.
I saw a Bigfoot creature running down Pineville road with one of those goats under it’s arm and it was being chased by a chupacabra. Man those Molino goats must be tasty creatures!
after reading all this..you guys make me laugh…keep up the news william you’re the best!
Thanks Mr. Stanton for all the infomation. Coyotes will also eat raw fish. I know someone from this area that is working in Illinois. He has his 5th wheeler with him. Has a place to fish within walking distance. He cleaned his fish put remains on the back side of his trailer. Woke up to the sound of one howling . This coyote called up more of the pack. He did not stop howling until they came. Fish remains are put a long distance from the trailer now. These animals are every where.
Roadrunner,
“Hyena,” is the word both my neighbors and myself first thought of separately, and then shared together. It was one of our guesses. In fact, we were both thinking it looked like a hyena whose parent mated with a kangaroo. That makes one think of Africa and Australia. The chupacabra stories, I have read, are of Spanish origin (Mexico, South America, and Puerto Rico were mentioned in the articles I’ve read). Now, if you really want to get weird and into more mocking disbelief, I will tell you something that will help urge that along. My neighbors and I, separately saw this thing, on the way to a graveside service for a man from Mexico. Now laugh. But, that’s the truth too.(Insert Twilight Zone Music here).
David Huie Green,
Actually, I did not just assume that. I did, however, think it was a possibility. The reason being that 1. no one said they actually saw the coyotes “doing the deed.”
2. There were dead animals that were not eaten, and I did not see blood. 3. Recently, I have heard coyotes that sounded like adults and their young howling more than usual, and have heard dogs barking over .7 miles away. In the midst of this barking, is a sound that does not sound like a coyote or a dog. It could be either. It just does not sound like anything I’ve heard before. On the other hand, I have a dog that screams when she should just bark…………..like when she wants in, or out, or wants me where she can see me. I just wonder what all of you commenters would think if you saw something like in that picture on that link, then found the picture of a creature that, not only looks like the one you had seen, but was lying in the same position. Give me a break!!! I know it may sound a bit whacko, to those who did not see it. But, three people saw it for sure. Not a one of us called the news media, as in a hoax. I do not care about all that commotion, and neither do my neighbors. That is one reason I love the country. It is quiet for the most part. However, seeing this story about the goats, especially, got my attention, because, I read up on this so called legendary thing (that I had never heard of before), and learned that the name, chupacabra, is Spanish for “goat sucker.”
Now y’all can really have fun making fun. I do not care, because “truth matters,” even when bizzare. I would REALLY like to know if, as in the so called “legend,” the blood was sucked from these goats. From what I’ve read, the chupacabra does not eat the goats it kills, it just sucks all their blood out. Thus my reaction upon seeing that so many goats had been killed, and left lying there.
A Chupacabra doesn’t even favor a coyote to me, it favors a Hyena, if anything. But back to the real topic, I hope a resolution comes soon for the goat issue on Fairground Rd.
Regarding- “The coyotes were here first “comment.
We new some moron would actually take that comment seriously.We don’t care about the fossil record. We did not evolve from anthing. We were created just as we are. Thank you and Have a nice day Mr. Green!!!!Sorry that you have nothing real to believe in.
Ya’ll have just made my day. I have not laughed so hard in weeks. Who would have thought that coyotes killing goats would cause such a flurry of hilarious comments.
For all of you “new” country living folks – this is (or was) real country living. Of course there are bears and such. Years ago I had someone actually say to me that they were surprised that we had alligators. OMG !! How citified and naive can you be? Of course these are the same people who don’t realize that we actually have rattlesnakes.
I have no problem with coyotes killing rabbits, rats, raccoons or ferrel cats. Unfortunately we can’t put a sign on our livestock telling coyotes to go elsewhere. A permit to kill intruders at night is sometimes the only way to go to protect what you have.
so you see animals known to kill and eat goats near where some goats had been killed and partly eaten and you assume there is a mythical animal in hiding which is actually doing the killing?
Interesting
Here is a skeptic’s link with that picture. Try one or both of these:
The picture here is #8, and there is also a photo in the upper left hand corner that one may click on to enlarge:
forum.kusadasi.biz/thread18789.html
Also link here.
Ole’ Willie,
I have thought about that possibility a lot, but we did not see even a single hair. And how does one explain the descrepency in leg length (short front legs and long hind legs), and the fangs? The feet didn’t look like normal cannine feet either. What was so shocking was, that I Googled everything I could think of trying to find out what it was, with no results, until I, just to be silly, typed in, “hairless roadkill.” POP! Up came a picture that looked exactly like what we saw, except that it was lying on the opposite side. It was even lying in the same position. Other than that, the only thing different was that the one we saw had a hole in its right chest wall about the size of a 410 slug. I am going to try and find the picture I am referring to, and post the link here, as soon as I find it. By the way, nothing was coming out of, or going into that hole. There were not even any flies around it. I would really like to know for sure what that thing was.
It was ugly, scary and putrid, and neither the vultures/buzzards/insects were touching it. I guess I could carry, with my camera, a plastic bag, rubber gloves, a mask, and goggles, but I still wouldn’t want it in my vehicle. Leave your phone number, and I will call you, to come get it, if I ever see another.
The Chupacapra sightings are simply coyotes with scarcoptic mange.
Coyotes were introduced into the southeast by fox hunters for sporting reasons.They thrived in the environment and have become a nusiance, taking over a predator slot left vacant by the demise of the wolf and panther.
Since their original habitat was the Great Plains,they have no natural resistance to organisms that cause mange and distemper, which are more prevelant in areas with higher humidity.
I don`t doubt that EMD saw what he says. It`s a shame he didn`t get a photo. Or better yet, you coulda bagged the carcass!
From William’s own article on Nov. 8 “Outta the Woods…”:
Wild hogs, rabbits, raccoons, opossums, skunks, nutrias, beavers and COYOTES may be taken year-round. (all CAPS for emphasis)
I think you meant ………..COOT!
David Green – - – You are a Hoot! : )
Hey AL, I heard about the Pine Forest area bear siting. And you’re right, if there was one spotted halfway to Pensacola, then surely there would be one or more in Molino. A bear is something I would love to see in person….but just far enough away that he couldn’t get me. It would be an unforgettable sight. Happy Friday!!
“the coyotes are still on the loose”
Well, aren’t they supposed to be on the loose? Aren’t they wildlife?
Oh, I forgot….ya’ll like to kill any wildlife in sight.
Jim Stanton,
Thank you for the feed back. I do not take any wild animal lightly. I have started wearing or carrying my gun in my hand at night when I let the dog out. I was serious about the chupacabra, or whatever it was that we saw. I do not take that lightly either, but most are, because they think I’m kidding. I am not kidding. That thing didn’t have one visible hair on its body. The flesh looked like that of a raw chicken leg, with the skin pulled off. Looking at it gave me a very uncanny feeling. I do wish, I had gotten there sooner with a camera. I carry one with me now.
Roadrunner – I haven’t seen or heard anything officially about a bear in Molino, but I know there was one at Pine Forest / 9 1/2 mile road area a few months back. Guys dogs chased him up a tree, stayed there most of the day. PNJ and one of the TV stations were out there. SO I just figure if he is in “town” there is one (or more) out Molino way too
REGARDING:
“With all real honesty, the coyotes and all the other animals being accused were all here first.”
actually nothing was here first. everything displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else and that displaced something else et cetera. So while coyotes may or may not have been here in Florida before humans, the fossil record shows something else was here ahead of them, so maybe us taking up their home is simply karma. AND NOW THE FIRE ANTS AND ARMADILLOS ARE HERE TO DISPLACE US but their time is coming too. and eventually the sun will expand and burn us all up
David in the spiral of life
We have had several pets disappear in our neighborhood in the past couple of months, and coyotes have been sighted within a few yards of the house. EMD, they probably did eat several goats the deputies said that they found all eight of the baby goats and a few of the adult goats. If the dead goats were left in the field the coyotes would return to feed again, they will eat an old kill as well as a fresh one. EMD, you seem to be taking coyotes lightly, you should Google Taylor Mitchell, a Canadian folk singer, she was killed a few weeks ago by two coyotes, she was 19 years old. I would advise anyone that sees a coyote near their house and can kill it without endangering someone else to do so. The case with Taylor Mitchell proves that they are not only dangerous to pets and small children but just about anyone. If they were around your house howling and barking, they were probably chasing a deer, rabbit or domestic animal. We hear them quiet often at the camp, I once found what was left of a small deer after they caught it. A few years ago I walked up on about a half a dozen coyotes in the camp one day, they were trying to get into a ice chest full of meat. Three of them didn’t leave and the fourth one only went a short distance with the .45 caliber bullet in her. Molino Resident, in the case of coyotes and armadillos, we were here first, neither are native to Florida, they migrated here in the 1970’s. According to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institutes’s report, The Coyote in Florida, there were coyotes in 18 counties mostly in the panhandle in 1983, today they have been reported in all 67 counties. I do agree that human expansion is a problem to wildlife, but in the case of coyotes, armadillos, and wild hogs they are expanding into our habitat.
CHUPACABRAS!
With all real honesty, the coyotes and all the other animals being accused were all here first. While we expand our lands and cities we are invading on their homes. How would you all feel if one day you came home from work and there was someone living in your house. Prolly would get in each others way from time to time. And if they had some food just laying around the house, wouldnt you want to take a bite or eat it? I believe we should make sure our facts are right before we go making assumptions on the cause of the problem. The bottom line is before we go slaughtering everything, make sure your facts are straight. Otherwise, innocent animals( just doing what they we created to do) will be killed.
I think your all wrong. I think it’s aliens from area 51!!No really I seen it on the history channel!!
They seem not to afraid if they was still there when the officers was there.They will come back. next time they should be killed. they killed the other animals and stayed around while people was out. A permit yes that is a great idea or you can just say that you woke up and they was killing your livestock and you feared for your life and theirs. sounds silly but it will work. just stay to your story
To D,
Yes. It says they were seen. But, it did not say they were seen killing animals. I have seen coyotes more than once or twice, and have heard them many times. I have heard them come closer and closer to my house, and even sound as if they were in a circle around my property. That does not mean they were killing domestic animals.
And, I was not kidding about the chupacabra. The History channel had a documentary about the chupacabra several weeks ago. Myself and two neighbors saw a dead one in the road a few months ago. Not the reptilian version, but the believable one that looks like a coyote mixed with a kangaroo, completely hairless, with front legs shorter than the hind legs, and with fangs. We were able to observe it throughly. I was going to go back and take a picture of it, but it had been disposed of. I am telling the truth, and have been laughed at, but I know what I saw, and it looked just like one of the pictures online and on the History channel.
coyotes killed kid goats of sister-in-law and her husband in McDavid
knew a fellow near Perdido Key said coyotes were killing all the cats in the area, based on that there must not be any coyotes in Bluff Springs
cougar and puma and Florida Panther are all the same but just note the local name. call them whatever you wish. I saw one on Pine Barren Creek Bridge one night, have seen tracks back of my house, they range far and wide. There’s actually some black ones north of Flomaton, don’t bother the cows so the owner doesn’t bother them.
While wolves do indeed kill coyotes, they also mate with them and the offspring is Red Wolf, genetics proved it
Have a father that hunts coyotes in Alabama. He hunts them with trained dogs. I am sure animal right groups would not like this. I feel like these animals need to be destroyed. They will keep doing this. A child or other animals will be hurt or killed. To a small child they look like a dog.
The Coyotes were actually seen by people this morning as stated in the story above.
If it was coyotes, then why didn’t they eat the goats they killed? If their blood was sucked out, it was the chupacabra!!!
Don’t kill the coyotes. It was the Chupacabra!!!
Well Roadrunner, when you live in the woods and listen and watch what ventures up to your fences, you would be amazed at the creatures you get to hear and many times see,,,,,,,,,, yes even a bear,,,,,,,
Good point AL. There are pros and cons in all the choices. It reminds me of having an outside cat to keep mice and rats to a minimum. But then you have to deal with pawprints on your car. I’d rather deal with the few negatives of having a cat, than mice and rats taking over my house.
We have cougars, and we have seen a bear near our place in the past……… Molino may be growing with new folks moving in, but the animal population is beginning to suffer, there have been so many hit and run does and bucks this year it is sickening…. These animals are being run off their turf……An animal tore apart our very high rabbit cage we figure it was a coyote. they are plentiful and so are the fox this year….. However this is not near as country as it used to be sadly, and it would behoove mankind to show some respect for the wildlife, for when it is destroyed so will your world be………….nature is rapidly becoming unbalanced due to mankind figuring he is the most important creature on earth…..scales are not even anymore.
Yes, we’ve heard panthers in the woods off Fairground road my whole life. They have an awesome loud roar (can’t describe it). Sharing nature with these creatures is what alot of people love about Molino. But the Coyotes are out of control after what they did to the goats, dog, etc. I didn’t know we had a bear. I’ve heard that Enon had a few, but not Molino. I’d love to hear the story about that one.
QW – that does happen, but pretty rarely. They think the lamb or kid is an intruder. The usual recommendation is to raise a young jenny or gelding with the animals to be protected so they bond with them and have experience with the young. Granted my cousin has cattle but he has never had a problem with aggression. Every guardian animal has its pros and cons …
for sure bear – there are bear at 9 mile road so I am sure they are out in Molino. Saw a panther one foggy morning at work in Pace… awesome and terrifying all at once.
Coyotes have been here before you newbies moved here to the country. We remember when it wasn’t fashionable to live here in Molino. LOL ya know. Also we have a few panthers here also probably even a bear. Pay attention to your surroundings.
Donkeys HATE coyotes……
you can even “google” guardian donkey. People even use Llamas evidently, how cool is that?
It has been my experience that a donkey will actually kill baby goats, the best solution would be a great pyrenese dog to protect the goats. The dog will actually adopt the herd as its own.
I had no idea we had coyotes out here. We seem to have so many things to worry about in the Molino area lately.
I’ve heard that the DONKEY idea works. My grandpa used to say that he would never leave his cows alone in the pasture without a donkey or two with them. These coyotes will cost people tons of money, not to mention beloved animals. Whitepunknotondope you are hilarious! Thanks for the laugh in a scary situation! God bless all involved.
This story is not very funny if its in your neighbor hood. I live very close by and the other night when I got home around 730 pm I heard the coyotes howling and barking. I knew they were very close and this was very unusual. I should have rode to the location but I didnt. Am waiting on the Animal control and Fish and Game comission to see what if any action they take.
actually a donkey is a great fix for coyotes and wild dogs. My cousin has 100 head of cattle, 4 donkeys and no calves lost to coyotes or wild dogs. The donkey adopts the herd as his own, and ferociously protects them. Cuz has found bashed in coyotes on occasion, but they don’t seem to come around anymore.
call that guy in Brewton.
He’ll fix ‘em right up!!!
“Buy a donkey…..they will get the coyotes”
buy a wolf, they eat coyotes….oh wait, they eat goats too
the rock and Acme booby traps sounds like the best bet
I can say it was a very bad night! The coyotes even ate one of our dogs and bit the other dogs leg! The FWC said that the caretaker could get a permit and shoot the coyotes at night so hopefully he can kill them! Especially knowing that they wont be killing all the animals in our backyard!
I’m going to take action! I’m going out TONIGHT with a bunch of my buddies and we’re gonna dress in Roadrunner costumes (you know, to lure them coyotes) and then we are gonna tie a huge boulder with a rope and suspend it above the road. We’ll tie a tripwire to a stick and when that coyote walks underneath there… BAM!!!
Another good idea is to bend a small tree way back till it touches the ground, then tie it down. Then you take a rope and tie it to the top of that little tree, and make a noose out of the other end. Then set that there noose right on the road. When the coyotes step foot in the noose, CUT THE ROPE! They will go FLYIN and slam into the ground on the other side. Hoo Hee Haw it’s a sight to see, I’m tellin’ ya!
Urban coyotes have adapted to life near humans. Since their diets consist of small mammals, house pets, farm animals and also possibly children are easy targets for these clever hunters. These are pack hunters and are normally very aware of humans and try to stay out of sight. But in my opion they are dangerous and this issue needs to be addressed when they start to venture into our enviroment.In this case I think it is the duty of State wildlife officals and the county to take some sort of action.It is not my place to determine that action, but I am sure that this subject has been addressed before. So lets not sit on our duffs until some real tragedy happens. These are dangerous animals.
Buy a donkey…..they will get the coyotes
ok lets go on a shoot to kill hunt. These coyotes are in Mccullough Al and when they are on the prawl thay can make you feel very uneasy. Dont even let the kids out late in the evening.