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Locals Gather To Discuss Coyote Issues
May 5, 2017
Nine local residents met with UF IFAS Extension, UF IFAS Ag Communications, and the FWC to discuss encounter issues with coyotes. Participants included residents from the North Escambia area as well as Pensacola Beach. Information collected during this focus group meeting will be complied with comments from similar meetings in other parts of the state to develop “living with coyote” education materials and programs. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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9 Responses to “Locals Gather To Discuss Coyote Issues”
I can hear packs of them howling at night around my property, and they love my chickens! They do need some form of population control if they are not going to be eradicated totally. If I see them around my pets/chickens/livestock, they won’t be returning!
To those who say “we’re encroaching”, that’s baloney. I’m in my late 50s and have roamed the woods of the South since the mid 60s. It’s only been in the last 10-15 years that we’ve seen a invasion of these critters. They should be treated as harmful invasive species. The Burmese python is killing the wildlife in the Everglades, the Iguana are endangering the bird populations in the Everglades and the Florida Keys. Coyotes, Feral cats, feral pigs, pythons, and Iguanas all need to GO!
What coyote problem? Single shot to the heart or head area, DRT…no problem.
they’ll eat your small children given half a chance
There have been two reported fatalities of humans in the United States and Canada from Coyotes since Europeans migrated to North America. Somebody just recently posted about black bears eating people in the cities. It is one thing to talk about livestock losses which are real, cause economic damage, and require a measured response, but making stuff up to make coyotes dangerous to humans is not truthful. I have at least two on my property, and they are extremely afraid of humans. If a Coyote is not afraid of a human, there is a high probability of rabies or other disease
Uhmmmm… They’re like an invasive species. A nuisance animal. They’ll eat anything in site… they’ll eat other game species, including those considered endangered, they’ll eat your garbage, they’ll eat your produce, they’ll eat your livestock, they’ll eat your pets, they’ll eat your small children given half a chance… Why would anyone want to live with them? Shoot them on sight!
We are encroaching on everything. Be smart and keep your animals and pets safe. Or, don’t have animals and pets.
i would think there would be an open season on coyotes and feral pigs. kill em all, they are a nuisance and dangerous.
I live in the country. No, I don’t like the coyotes coming into my yard, even though I have a fenced in yard, but when I moved out here, I had to learn to co-exist with them, or move back into the city into a condo, cause they are also living in town as well, but not as bad as out here. I also had to co-exist with a 90 lb Panther that roamed the neighborhood, but has since gone back into the woods. I live on the edge of the Escambia water management woods. I would just rather live out here then in town.
Yeah, issues like who makes the best 00 buckshot, & how to dispose of the vermin’s carcass.