It doesn't really matter; you guys weren't there first, is what she was saying. The coyote's there because there's probably food and shelter, but if your town's that worried about it they can do two things:Wolfcub wrote:Well, we aren't in an area of new development, so I don't know where this one came from.TxCat wrote: Your best defense is being educated about the animal's behavior and habitat. If a coyote is present in an area of human habitation, it is because the humans have intruded on their territory, not the other way around.
1. Catch and release farther away from the town so there's a chance it won't come back
2. Shoot it.
People are lazy, so they'll probably go with the second option, and only after it ends up attacking something so they have an excuse.
Anyway, moving on; I'm in the Orlando area of Florida until May 2nd, and our timeshare has this huge lake next to it filled with all sorts of animals. Giant carp(or trout, I think? It's hard to ever see them; the water is murky and they're grayish) about three or four feet long, ducks and their ducklings-- once there was a wood duck pair probably flown over from Seaworld, which is down the street, and a pair of white geese I don't know the actual name of-- they had some lumpy red stuff on their beaks, though, and would sit there and let you pet them. Toads are everywhere at night, and so are green tree frogs; they NEVER SHUT UP. It's been about five days and I'm sick of hearing them every night. There's some dragonflies, of course, and recently I found a water snake(I'd initially thought it was a copperhead).
There's also some black birds I don't know of; their feathers are iridescent and the males seem to have this habit of puffing up. They're also larger than the females. They seem to be corvids of some sort but I'm not sure.