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Presented by Lynsey White Dasher, Urban Wildlife Specialist with The Humane Society of the United States. She discusses preventing Coyote conflicts: How to keep Coyotes out of your yard and keeping your pets safe.
A
And
then
what
the
police
department,
our
Animal
Control,
will
do
or
not
do
for
you
on
something
like
that
as
well.
We
know
they're
here.
I
can
speak
personally
to
that.
I
was
at
our
city,
garages
on
Saturday
and
I
drove
through
there,
and
there
was
a
coyote
walking
down
the
railroad
tracks
at
two
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
right
in
front
of
my
car,
so
they're
here.
A
Clearly,
we
know
that,
and
what
we
want
to
do
is
provide
you
with
some
information
to
to
help
you
manage
that
and
deal
with
that
and
minimize
any
conflicts
that
we
may
have
so
I'm,
not
an
expert.
That's
why
you're
not
going
to
hear
me
talk
for
the
next
45
minutes
or
so,
but
Lindsay
is
so
I'm
going
to
read
you
a
little
bit
of
her
bio
so
that
you
know
from
what
she
speaks
here
and
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
her
so
Lindsay
white
Dasher.
A
She
is
the
urban
wildlife
specialist
for
the
Humane
Society,
the
United
States,
as
the
urban
wildlife
specialist
Lindsay
helps
urban
and
suburban
communities
across
the
country
find
effective
and
humane
solutions
to
human-wildlife
conflict
with
species,
including
coyotes,
Canada,
geese,
white-tailed,
deer
and
beaver.
Her
experience
with
coyotes
includes
completing
research
and
data
analysis
for
the
Cook
County
coyote
project
in
Chicago
Illinois,
the
largest
study
of
urban
coyotes
in
the
country.
A
She
has
also
published
an
analysis
of
coyote
attacks
on
people
throughout
the
US
and
Canada
prior
to
her
work
with
coyotes
Lindsay,
completed
research
on
human
wolf,
conflicts
for
defenders
of
wildlife
and
international
human
wildlife,
conflicts
for
the
bushmeat
crisis
task
force,
Lindsay
obtained
a
master
of
science
degree
in
conservation,
biology
and
sustainable
development
from
the
versity
of
Maryland
and
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
in
zoology
from
Ohio
State,
University,
I'm.
Sorry,
the
ohio
state
university
in
2002.
B
Good
evening,
thank
you
so
much
all
of
you
for
taking
some
time
out
of
your
evening
to
come
here
tonight
and
learn
more
about
coyotes.
As
you
mentioned,
this
is
my
third
time
actually
in
the
Minneapolis
area
in
the
past
six
months.
So
I
know
this
is
a
growing
issue
for
you.
How
many
of
you
have
seen
a
coyote
in
your
neighborhood?
B
Oh
actually,
a
lot
of
you
good,
well
you're
in
the
right
place
and
as
he
was
mentioning
you're
actually
in
a
great
position
here
in
Bloomington
with
you,
where
you're
getting
ahead
of
the
game.
So
you
can
teach
these
coyotes
that
you've
seen
the
rules
of
what
is
acceptable
and
was
not
acceptable
in
your
urban
area.
So
you
don't
have
situations
like
attacks
on
pets
or
aggression
towards
people,
so
you're
in
the
right
place
and
I.
Think
you'll
learn
a
lot.
So
we
will
have
time
for
questions
at
the
end.
B
If
you
have
a
quick
question,
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand
and
I
can
clarify
any
I,
don't
mind
doing
that
at
all.
So
what
I'm
going
to
cover
tonight
is
first,
a
pretty
brief,
but
background
on
coyote,
ecology
and
behavior.
Then
I'll
talk
about
the
different
types
of
coyote
conflicts
and
why
coyotes
are
in
Bloomington.
B
Ok,
so
I
always
like
to
give
a
good
brief,
but
a
background
in
coyote,
ecology
and
behavior,
because
if
we
want
to
change
coyote
behavior,
if
we
want
to
understand
what
they're
doing
we
have
to
understand
their
Kyle
ecology
and
what
they
why
they
do,
what
they
do.
So,
if
you
look
at
a
coyote
and
a
lot
of
you
have
seen
a
coyote,
so
you
know
what
they
look
like
you.
They
actually
often
look
a
lot
bigger
than
they
are
and
that's
because
they
have
really
long
legs
and
they
have
a
lot
of
fur.
B
So
those
long
legs
are
actually
adapted
for
their
life
in
the
grasslands
where
they
would
run
through
really
tall
grass
and
in
search
of
their
prey,
which
are
actually
really
small
mammals
like
mice
and
rabbits.
So
they
can
run
really
fast
through
the
tall
grass
and
hunt
for
those
rodents
and
these
long
legs
again
and
that
furred
make
them
look
sometimes
like
they're,
really
big,
but
usually
especially
in
this
area.
There
are
only
about
25
to
35
pounds,
so
they're,
actually
pretty
small,
but
they're,
really
fast.
B
They
are
the
second
or
third,
depending
on
how
you
classify
fastest
land
mammal
and
they're,
also
really
really
smart.
So
those
wily
coyote
cartoons,
those
are
complete
fiction.
Coyotes,
are
actually
really
smart.
They
would,
they
would
be
able
to
outsmart
the
roadrunner.
They
would
be
able
to
catch
him.
It
wouldn't
be
falling
for
these
stupid
acne
tricks,
they're,
really
smart,
and
that's
why
they're
able
to
live
here
with
us,
because
they
can
learn
how
to
live
in
urban
areas.
They
actually
can
learn
how
to
cross
roads.
We've
seen
them
crossing
six
lane
highways.
B
They
can
learn
how
to
avoid
us,
and
they
can
also
learn
how
to
take
advantage
of
the
food
that
we
leave
out
for
them,
which
I'll
talk
about.
So
that's
one
of
the
big
reasons
why
they
do
so
well
here
and
another
reason
is
they're,
just
really
really:
flax,
flexible
and
their
diet
and
their
habitat
requirements.
B
So
what's
your
coyotes
eat?
Well,
the
simple
answer
is
just
about
anything:
they're,
actually,
omnivores
they're,
not
carnivores.
They
will
eat
plants
as
well
as
meat,
so
one
of
the
big
things
that
they
actually
eat
our
fruit
again
primary
source
of
their
diet
are
mice,
rats,
rabbits,
so
they're
actually
doing
as
a
service
here
by
providing
free,
rodent
control
for
us
here
and
our
neighborhoods
again,
they
also
eat
a
lot
of
fruit
and
they
even
eat
grass
and
insects.
B
So
really
a
lot
of
what
they're
eating
almost
all
of
what
they're
eating
is
natural
food
items.
Now
these
numbers
here
are
from
the
Cook
County
coyote
project,
which
is
in
Chicago,
is
the
biggest
study
urban
coyotes
in
the
country,
and
you
can
see
here
they
out
of
these
radio
collared
coyotes,
which
they've
had
over
600
in
the
past
10
years.
Only
three
percent
of
their
diet
from
this
study
was
human
associated
food.
So
that's
trash
that
people
leave
out
garbage
food
scraps.
B
Only
1%
were
pets
so
by
a
large
coyotes
out
there,
even
in
very
urban
environments
like
Chicago
or
like
here
are
actually
not
eating
a
lot
of
these
these
food
items,
even
though
these
items
tend
to
make
the
news
when
they
do
happen
in
terms
of
the
social
structure
of
coyotes,
there
are
two
different
types
of
coyotes.
The
first
type
are
the
resident
coyotes.
These
are
the
ones
that
live
in
family
groups,
kind
of
like
wolves.
B
There
are
there's
one
alpha
pair
and
then
they're
about
three
to
five
other
coyotes
that
live
in
that
group
and
they
can
be
the
offspring
or
the
siblings
of
those
coyotes.
So
only
one
pair
in
the
group
will
mate
and
the
rest
will
help
to
raise
the
pups
that
year,
these
resident
coyotes
they
they
defend
their
territories
from
other
coyotes
as
a
group.
So
they,
if
you,
how
many
of
you
have
heard
a
coyote,
howling
neighborhood,
that's
how
they
defend
their
territories.
So
when
you
hear
them
howling,
it
doesn't
mean
that
they
they're
hunting.
B
It
doesn't
mean
that
they're
out
to
kill
your
pet
actually
is
what
they
do
to
defend
their
territories.
So
these
coyotes
as
resident
groups,
they
don't
hunt
in
groups
like
wolves,
do
again
they're
hunting,
mice
or
rats.
So
that's
not
a
meal
they're
going
to
want
to
share
with
another
coyote,
so
coyotes
are
out
hunting
on
their
own
or
maybe
in
pairs,
but
they
get
in
these
groups
largely
to
defend
their
territory.
So
these
resident
coyotes
have
territories
that
are
fairly
smaller
because
they're
defending
them
actively
and
they
don't
overlap
with
other
coyote
groups.
B
Then
we
have
the
transient
coyotes.
These
are
the
solitary
coyotes
or
there
might
be
a
pair
of
coyotes
that
are
out
on
their
own
they're.
Typically,
the
younger
coyotes
that
have
just
been
kicked
out
of
the
family
group
and
they're
looking
for
their
new
home,
so
these
coyote
essence
they're
on
their
own
or
just
with
a
pair
they're,
not
able
to
defend
their
territory
like
the
resident
ones
do
so
they
have
larger
home
ray
the
overlap
with
one
another.
B
Coyotes
are
monogamous,
so
once
they
find
a
mate,
they
will
say
together
for
life,
the
San
Garrett
who's,
the
head
of
that
Cook
County
coyote
project
has
said
that
he's
never
documented
a
case
of
divorce
of
coyotes
in
the
wild
and
he
has
studied
over
600
coyotes.
So
they
stayed
together.
Of
course,
if
one
of
them
dies,
they
will
find
a
new
mate,
but
the
the
male
and
the
female
both
help
raise
the
pups.
So
there's
three
different
biological
seasons
when
it
comes
to
coyotes
mating
season,
December
through
March.
B
This
is
one,
of
course
again
just
that
one
pair
in
the
coyote
pack
will
have
their
pups.
An
interesting
thing
about
coyotes
is
that
they
can
be.
They
can
adjust
their
litter
size
based
on
what's
going
on
that
year.
So
if
there
are
less
coyotes
that
year,
because
maybe
because
the
population
has
been
hunted
or
because
food
is
more
scarce,
it's
been
a
bad
winter.
B
They'll
have
less
pups,
but
if
arms
are,
though
yeah
have
less
pups
or
if
they're
they're,
less
coyotes
will
have
more
pups,
if
there
are
more
coyotes,
they'll
have
less
pups
and
I'll
get
back
to
that.
In
a
moment,
I
was
confusing,
which
I
probably
was
look
at.
The
next
season
is
pop
rearing
season.
That's
what
we're
in
now.
So
this
is,
of
course,
when
the
Coyotes
are
raising
their
pups.
This
is
the
only
time
of
year
that
coyotes
use
it
in
so
the
rest
of
the
year,
they're,
not
using
a
den.
B
So
this
time
of
year,
they're
a
little
bit
more
localized
to
that
area,
where
the
pups
are
again
the
whole.
The
whole
coyote
group
will
help
raise
those
pups,
typically
about
four
to
seven
pups
and
they'll
stay
in
the
den
for
about
six
weeks,
then
they'll
start
going
out
with
their
parents.
A
female
coyote
will
often
have
multiple
Denning
sites,
so
if
she
feels
threatened
in
any
way,
she'll
move
those
pups.
Sometimes
two
to
three
times
throughout
that
season
and
the
last
season
is
dispersal
season,
so
that
is
September
through
December.
B
So
in
terms
of
conflicts
quickly,
I
want
to
talk
about
these
three
seasons.
The
first
season
I
just
want
to
go
back
to
the
slide
during
the
mating
season.
Coyotes
are
much
more
territorial
during
this
time
of
year,
because
they're
mating
they're
holding
on
to
their
mate,
and
they
want
to
make
sure
that
no
other
coyotes
are
coming
around
so
this
time
of
year.
Sometimes
we
have
conflicts
with
dogs,
especially
larger
dogs,
and
that's
because
the
Coyotes
see
these
dogs
coming
into
their
home
range.
Usually
these
are
off
leash
ducks
so
coyotes
that
are
I'm.
B
Sorry,
dogs
that
are
running
loosely
through
a
coyote's
home
range.
So
sometimes
you
will
see
conflicts
there.
So
the
best
thing
and
I'll
talk
more
about
how
to
protect
pets,
but
the
best
thing
there
is
to
keep
dogs
on
leash,
especially
during
that
time
of
year
hub
bearing
season.
Sometimes,
bc
conflicts
with
dogs,
smaller
dogs
and
especially,
if
they're,
located
very
close
to
the
den
and
usually
again,
these
are
off
leash
dogs.
B
This
time
of
year,
dispersal
season,
we
typically
don't
see
as
many
conflicts,
sometimes
you'll
see
conflicts
with
those
young
inexperienced
coyotes
that
are
running
through
someone's
leaving
food
outside.
They
might
take
advantage
of
that.
Okay,
so,
in
terms
of
habitat,
needs,
coyotes
live
in
all
landscape
types,
they
don't
just
live
in
forest,
preserve
they
don't
just
live
in
natural
areas.
B
They
actually
can
live
very
urbanized
landscapes,
very
close
proximity
to
people
and
we've
actually
found
that
within
their
home
ranges,
they
will
go
out
of
their
way
to
avoid
people
so
coyotes
that
have
a
home
range.
For
instance,
that
is
eighty
percent
very
urbanized
twenty
percent
natural
area
to
actually
spend
the
majority
of
their
time
in
the
natural
part
of
their
home
range,
even
though
it
makes
up
a
smaller
percentage
because
they're
going
out
of
their
way
to
avoid
people.
B
How
many
of
you
have
seen
this
picture
before
this
is
a
coyote
that
wandered
into
a
quiznos
sub
shop,
so
this
was
in
downtown
Chicago.
This
is
a
quiznos,
and
this
is
course
their
little
snapper
cooler.
It
was
July,
it
was
a
hot
summer
day
and
they
just
had
their
door
open
and
this
coyote
just
wandered
in
and
he
went
sat
in
the
cooler
he
just
SAT
there
not
really
sure
why
he
did
that,
but
he
wasn't
bothering
anyone.
B
He
was
just
sitting
there
and
some
people
even
continued
to
eat
their
sandwiches
while
they
came
and
then
animal
control
came
and
got
him.
But
the
really
interesting
thing
that
I
think
about
this
is
the
public's
reaction.
So,
of
course
this
was
a
big
story.
The
news
came
out
and
interviewed
people
and
they
were
asking
people.
B
Okay,
so
why
you
have
coyotes
here,
though,
why
do
we
have
coyotes
in
Bloomington
or
in
an
urban
area
at
all?
Well,
first
of
all,
you
know
we
have
urbanized
so
much
of
the
country,
so
this
is
a
light
satellite
image
of
the
US,
and
you
can
just
see
at
night
how
much
urbanization
we
have
costs.
You
know
if
you
see
the
percentage
of
land
that
used
to
be
rural
is
now
urban.
B
Most
of
our
land
now
is
urbanized,
so
you
know
coyotes,
don't
have
a
lot
of
Natural
Area,
just
like
a
lot
of
animals,
so
they
are
really
good
at
living
in
our
urban
areas.
Just
like
deer,
just
like
Canada
geese
some
of
these
species
that
we
consider
to
be
too
much
in
our
urban
areas.
They
actually
do
really
well
and
they
take
advantage
of
this,
but
also
there
are
a
lot
of
reasons
why
urban
areas
are
good
for
coyotes.
One
is
there's
plenty
of
habitat
do
well
here.
B
They
don't
need
a
lot
of
forested
natural
areas.
They
do
just
find
in
these
little
fragments
and
there's
plenty
of
food
again,
as
we
mentioned,
there's
plenty
of
rodents
for
them
to
eat.
Canada,
geese,
small
mammals,
there's
plenty
of
food
for
them.
You
know
a
lot
of
times
when
people
hear
about
coyotes
coming
into
their
neighborhood.
They
think
opee's
kaipo
start.
B
Oh,
these
coyotes
are
here
to
come,
eat
our
pets
they're
coming
into
the
neighborhood,
because
there's
not
enough
food
out
there
they're
coming
in
to
eat
our
pets,
and
that's
just
not
true,
there's
plenty
of
natural
items
for
coyotes
eat
here,
and
it's
good
to
have
them
here
to
take
care
of
some
of
these.
These
animals
that
we
might
consider
too
plentiful.
B
But
another
thing:
is
they
really
don't?
Have
any
competition
here,
they're,
really
the
biggest
predator
in
our
urban
areas?
So
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
bears
or
wolves
in
our
urban
areas.
They
really
are
literally
the
top
dog,
so
they
do
really
well
and
they
take
advantage
of
it.
Oh,
but
don't
get
me
wrong
if
we're
feeding
them
they're
going
to
take
advantage
of
it.
B
Coyotes
are
smart
they're
going
to
eat,
whatever
is
easiest
to
eat
so
if
they
can
come
into
a
neighborhood
and
someone's
leaving
a
bowl
of
pet
food
outside
or
leaving
their
garbage
overflowing
and
a
coyote
can
come
eat
that
and
nothing
bad
happens
to
them.
Then
they're
going
to
do
that.
So
you
know
some
of
these
sources
of
food
are
obvious
pet
food,
again
garbage
cans.
B
Some
of
them
are
not
so
obvious,
so
bird
feeders,
we
may
not
think
would
be
in
attracted
and
they're
not
attracted
to
the
birdseed,
but
the
bird
seed
falls
on
the
ground
and
that
attracts
rodents
and
that
attracts
coyotes
fruit
trees.
Again
they
love
fruit.
So
if
you
have
a
fruit
tree,
the
fruits
falling
to
the
ground
and
it's
fermenting,
they
love
that
it's
actually
a
big
draw
for
coyotes,
compost,
piles
and
they're
great
for
the
environment,
but
again
there
they
attract
coyotes.
B
So
there
are
things
you
can
do
to
make
that
less
appealing
and
then,
unfortunately,
we're
letting
our
small
pets
run
around
intended.
That
can
also
be
an
attractant
and,
of
course
the
worst
is
intentional
feedings
the
weather
that
is
purposely
leaving
food
out
for
coyotes,
or
maybe
it's
for
raccoons
or
or
squirrels
or
whatever
it
is.
That,
of
course,
is
a
huge
attractant
which
we
want
to
avoid.
B
Okay,
so
in
terms
of
coyote
sightings,
what
does
it
mean?
A
lot
of
you
said:
you've
seen
a
coyote,
so
what
does
that
mean
exactly?
Is
it
something
to
be
worried
about?
Well,
coyotes
are
actually
naturally
diurnal,
which
means
they're
most
active
at
dawn
and
dusk.
So
when
we
see
a
coyote
during
the
day,
it's
not
necessarily
a
cause
for
concern.
It
doesn't
mean
that
the
Coyotes,
rabbit
or
sick
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
the
coyote
is
aggressive
or
something
to
be
concerned
about.
As
long
as
that,
coyote
runs
away.
B
When
he
sees
you,
then
it's
nothing
to
be
concerned
about
coyotes
are
naturally
very
afraid
of
people.
So
if
you
see
a
coyote
and
he
sees
you
and
he
runs
away-
that's
really
nothing
to
be
concerned
about
again.
Most
most
people
have
no
idea
there
are
coyotes
living
near
then.
So
again,
if
you
see
a
coyote
in
a
field,
hunting
meise
doesn't
run
away
from
you.
B
That's
okay,
however,
some
time
coyotes
learn
that
people
are
not
scary,
so
they
become
habituated,
which
means
they've
lost
their
fear
of
people,
and
we
have
actually
taught
them
that
without
realizing
it,
so
coyotes
naturally,
are
afraid
of
us.
But
you
know
all
of
you
to
raise
your
hand.
I,
don't
know
what
she's
what
you
did
when
you
saw
a
coyote
I
know
what
I
did
the
first
time
I
saw
a
coyote
I
said
wow.
B
How
neat
is
that
and
I
looked
and
I
got
my
camera
out
and
I
just
stood
watching
the
coyote
for
as
long
as
I
could
well
I
didn't
realize.
I
was
teaching
that
coyote
that
I'm
not
a
threat
and
I'm,
not
a
danger,
and
so
when
we
do
that,
we're
reinforcing
to
coyotes
that
they
can
come
into
neighborhoods,
they
can
come,
they
can
even
approached
us
and
nothing
bad
is
going
to
happen
to
them.
B
So
we've
taught
them
that,
but
the
good
news
is
we
can
we
can
reteach
them,
which
we'll
talk
about
so
again,
coyotes
get
habituated
when
they
learn
that
people
are
not
scary,
the
nothing
bad
is
going
to
happen
to
them
when
they
come
into
a
neighborhood,
and
it's
almost
always
also
because
of
food.
They
come
in
to
get
food,
nothing
bad
happens
to
them.
They
get
less
and
less
afraid
of
us.
B
Okay.
So
how
do
we
prevent
coyote
conflicts?
Okay,
so
pets?
It's
really
great
that
you
haven't
had
these
types
of
incidents
here
in
other
other
areas
around
here
like
Eden
and
Adina,
they
have
had
attacks
on
pets.
So
it's
definitely
something
that
we
want
to
avoid,
and
it
is
avoidable
with
just
a
few,
a
few
special
precautions
that
you
want
to
take
with
your
pets.
B
B
So
if
your
dog
or
cat
is
a
set
outside
unattended,
a
coyote
might
view
that
as
a
prey
source
that
doesn't
mean
that
if
a
coyote
takes
the
cat
or
a
small
dog
that
cats
or
that
that
coyote
is
going
to
bite
a
person
next
because
again
that
crowd
you've
used.
That
is
this
natural
prey,
so
that
does
not
indicate
a
danger
towards
people.
But
of
course
we
don't
want
this
to
happen.
We
love
our
pets.
I
love,
my
pets.
B
You
love
your
pets,
so
we
don't
want
to
happen
so
the
best
way
I'll
talk
more
about
more
specific
ways,
but
is
to
always
be
with
your
vet,
have
your
pet
on
the
leash,
be
out
there
with
them
or
make
sure
that
you
coyote
approve
your
guard,
which
I'll
talk
more
about
larger
breed
dogs
is
much
less
common
for
a
coyote
to
attack
a
larger
breed
dog,
as
I
mentioned
before.
This
is
typically
a
territory
related
thing,
often
in
breeding
season,
which
is
during
the
winter
time.
B
B
So
just
a
few
more
tips
when
you're
outside
you
always
want
to
be
with
your
pet,
if
possible,
have
them
on
a
leash,
preferably
a
leash.
That's
six
feet,
long
or
less.
If
you
have
one
of
those
retractable
leashes
and
your
dog
is
20
feet
away
from
you,
I
deletion
know
the
coyote
might
not
realize
it.
That
dog
is
even
with
you,
so
probably
on
a
shorter
leash.
If
you
are
out
with
your
with
your
pet,
if
it's
a
small
pet
and
you
see
a
coyote,
you
want
to
pick
up
your
dog
or
cat
know.
B
If
it's
a
larger
dog
put
yourself
in
between
the
coyote
and
your
dog
and
never
ever
let
your
dog
play
with
the
coyote,
it
might
seem,
it
might
seem
silly
to
say
with
her
I
know,
people
whose
dogs
have
actually
got
bitten
in
this
way.
It
seems
like
fun
at
first
they
seem
like
they're
playing,
but
the
thing
about
dogs
is
that
they
don't
they
don't
understand,
coyote
language.
So
the
Coyotes
is
sending
them
a
message:
they
don't
get
it
if
things
pretty
quickly
can
get
aggressive.
B
So
you
never
want
your
dog
to
play
with
the
coyote.
Ok,
so
again
for
small
dogs
always
be
with
your
dog
if
possible,
have
mono
leash.
If
you
let
your
dog
outside
unattended,
you
know
again,
I
wouldn't
recommend
that,
but
it's
especially
important
at
night
not
to
do
that.
Coyotes
also
are
so
smart
that
they
will
learn
your
routine.
So
if
you
let
your
dog
outside
every
night,
at
10pm,
the
coyote
in
your
neighborhood
knows
that
so
you
know
take
some
precautions.
You
know
go
out
there
with
them.
B
B
Unfortunately,
if
you
do
have
cats
that
are
always
outdoors
or
maybe
you
care
for
a
feral
cat
colony,
there
are
some
things
you
can
do.
Most
importantly
is
to
control.
You
know
attracting
them
by
the
food
cat
food,
so
you
want
to
know.
If
you
can
you
want,
if
you
have
to
feed
your
cat
outside,
do
it
you
know
and
pick
up
the
food
as
soon
as
they're
done
again,
the
Coyotes
will
learn
what
time
you
feed
your
cats
and
they'll
learn
that.
B
But
if
you
pick
it
up
right
away,
that's
the
best
way
you
can
provide
some
escape
routes
for
them
some
protection.
We
have
some
of
this
information
on
our
website,
so
there
are
some
things
you
can
do
to
help
protect
cats,
if
they're
outdoors
but
again
we'd
recommend
that
they
stay
inside.
Okay.
So
in
terms
of
coyote
proofing,
your
yard
I,
don't
know
that
any
yard
is
completely
coyote
proof.
But
if
you
have
a
fence,
it
has
to
be
at
least
six
feet
tall
to
keep
a
coyote
out.
B
Unfortunately,
anything
less
than
six
feet
tall,
a
coyote
can
just
jump
right
over.
So
if
you
have
something
that
six
feet
tall
or
higher,
what
they
have
to
do
is
actually
jump
up
on
the
fence
and
then
jump
over
the
fence.
So
it
happens
pretty
quickly.
You
may
not
see
it,
but
what
you
can
do
is
actually
put
something
on
top
of
the
fence.
It
keeps
them
from
jumping
off
and
I'll
show
you
some
exam
of
that.
I
also
remember
that
they
can
dig
underneath.
B
So
you
want
to
reinforce
the
bottom
of
your
fence,
so
they
can't
do
that.
Also
coyotes
are
ambush
predators.
So
if
you've
heard
of
an
encounter
where
coyote
came
and
attacked
a
small
dog,
it
often
is
often
described
as
the
coyote
came
out
of
nowhere
ran
off
with
my
little
dog.
Well,
that's
what
they
do.
They
hide
in
the
brush
and
then
they
counts
and
they
attack.
B
So
you
want
to
remove
hiding
places
around
your
yard,
where
coyote
can
be
hiding
if
you
have
a
pet,
especially
if
it's
a
small
pet
and
again
I,
keep
saying
this.
You
know
another
way
to
protect
your
pets
is
just
to
reduce
the
attractants
that
you
have
in
your
yard,
or
your
neighbors
yards
that
are
attracting
coyotes
to
your
area.
B
Now
there
are
some
other
things
that
you
can
try
as
well:
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
data
and
how
effective
these
are.
But
motion
activated
lights
or
sprinklers,
those
can
help
but
coyotes
coming
into
your
yard
at
night.
Those
can
discourage
them,
especially
the
sprinklers.
So
here
are
some
pictures.
Sorry
I
keep
doing
that
to
illustrate
what
some
of
the
points
that
I
just
made.
B
If
this
were
your
house
in
here
in
this
fence,
you
can
see
how,
first
of
all
this
little
fence
here
is
not
going
to
keep
a
coyote
out
of
your
yard
at
all,
just
a
four-foot
fence.
That's
not
going
to
keep
a
coyote
out
now,
if
you
can
imagine,
if
you
let
your
dog
into
this
yard,
and
then
you
walked
inside
and
went
away.
B
So
you
don't
have
to
remove
all
the
vegetation
from
your
yard,
but
if
you
trim
up
underneath
a
few
inches,
then
at
least
you
can
see
that
there's
not
a
coyote
lurking
there
for
you.
Let
your
dog
outside
this
is
a
unattractive
but
inexpensive
solution
for
keeping
that
coyote
from
jumping
over
your
fence.
So
again,
this
only
works.
If
your
offense
is
at
least
six
feet
tall,
but
this
is
justin.
Chicken
wire
keeps
the
coyote
from
jumping
and
pushing
off.
This
is
a
better
solution.
This
is
called
a
coyote
roll.
B
You
can
go
to
coyote
roller
calm
and
actually
see
a
demonstration
of
how
the
Coyotes
try
to
jump
over
the
fence,
and
what
this
does
is
it's
very
loosely
rolling,
so
the
coyote
jumps
up.
It
actually
gets
propelled
backwards.
I
can't
get
a
grip
on.
It
also
helps
keep
your
dog
dog
in
the
fence
too.
If
you
have
a
dog
that
likes
to
try
to
get
out
of
fence,
it
even
keeps
birds
from
from
perching
on
it.
It
rolls
so
loosely
so
you
can
buy
these
off
the
website.
B
They
have
different
colors
to
match
your
fence.
They
can
be
a
bit
pricey,
but
you
can
try
to
make
one
on
your
own
with
PVC
piping.
The
key
is
to
have
it
roll
really
loosely,
but
again
your
fence
supposed
to
be
at
least
six
feet
tall
for
this
to
work.
Ok,
so
do
coyotes
attack
people
so
when
Coyotes
come
into
neighborhoods,
especially
when
we
start
having
incidents
where
coyotes
attack
pets.
This
is
always,
though,
people
get
concerned
about.
Understandably,
you
know
the
coyote
going
to
come
attack.
B
My
kid
or
my
grandkid
and
the
truth
is
these
incidents
are
very,
very
rare.
The
other
have
been
some
cases
that
happen
every
year,
usually
less
than
six
bytes
per
year.
Most
of
them
happened
in
southern
california
and
arizona
area,
and
you
know
compared
to
the
number
of
dog
bites
per
year:
4.7
million
dog
bites
per
year.
You
know
the
number
is
very,
very
low,
you
know,
but
it
is
something
that
we
want
to
keep
in
mind.
We
definitely
want
to
learn
why
these
incidents
happen
and
prevent
them.
Most
of
these
involve
minor
injuries.
B
Many
of
them
were
feeding
our
pet
related.
So
in
many
of
these
cases,
where
we
had
good
information,
we
found
out
that
people
were
feeding.
You
know
not
necessarily
the
people
that
were
bit
and
fed
these
coyotes,
but
their
neighbors
did
or
someone
else
did,
and
so
these
coyotes
became
aggressive
or
someone
was
walking
a
pet
and
the
court
was
with
a
pet
and
the
coyote
went
to
attack
the
pet
and
the
person
intervene
and
got
pin.
So
again
we
want
to
keep
these
instances.
B
You
know
we
want
to
prevent
these
and
learn
why
they
happen
and
take
tips
to
prevent
them,
but
we
also
want
to
keep
in
mind
what
the
true
risk
is:
you're,
more
likely
to
be
killed
by
a
champagne,
cork
or
a
golf
ball.
Then
you
are
to
be
killed
by
a
coyote.
So
just
keep
that
keep
that
perspective
in
mine.
B
Oh,
you
know
we
did
want
to
take
some
extra
safety
precautions
for
kids,
not
because
they're
more
likely
to
be
bitten
by
coyotes
and
adults.
They're,
not
just
as
many
adults
are
bitten
than
kids,
but
you
know
they
are
smaller,
so
we
do
want
to
take
some
steps.
One
of
the
most
important
things
is
that
kids
should
never
run
from
a
coyote,
but
no
one
should
ever
run
from
a
coyote,
but
especially
kids.
Coyote
is
just
like
any
predator,
like
a
mountain
lion
or
a
bear
or
a
wolf.
B
Someone
runs
from
them
that
initiates
that
chasing
behavior,
that
they
have,
and
sometimes
if
someone
runs,
they
might
chase
them
and
then
they
might
actually
get
bitten.
That
way,
so
kids
should
never
run.
You
know
they
want
to
be
going
to
be
big
and
let
out
essentially
you
know
they
want
to
stop.
Make
yourself.
Look
big,
you
know,
beat
be
loud
wave,
your
arms
walk
away,
slowly,
don't
run
and
tell
an
adult,
and
you
know
we
can
see
H
kids,
you
know
what
do
coyotes
look
like.
B
We
can
teach
them
the
difference
between
what
a
coyote
looks
like
and
what
a
dog
looks
like,
but
a
better
approach,
I
think,
is
just
to
teach
kids
never
to
approach
any
dog
or
any
animal.
That
looks
like
a
dog
because
again,
kids
are
more
likely
to
be
bitten
by
a
dog
than
a
coyote,
so
you
know
never
never
pet
any
dog
or
animal.
That
looks
like
a
dog
unless
an
adult
says
it's:
okay,
first,
okay!
So
what
do
we
do
about
these
coyote
conflicts
once
once
they're
happening?
B
Well
again,
very
importantly,
we
have
to
change
coyote
behavior
when
you
know
coyotes
are
acting
in
ways.
We
don't
want
them
to.
We
do
have
to
change
that
and
we
also
have
to
change
our
behavior
that
contributes
to
that.
So
to
avoid
conflicts
with
coyotes
for
us.
You
know
again,
we
need
to
eliminate
anything,
that's
attracting
them
and
he's
sort
of
food
sources,
and
we
want
to
take
precautions
with
our
pets.
You
know
and
some
precautions
with
our
our
kids
as
well.
Now,
how
do
we
change
coyote
behavior?
B
This
is
where
we
have
a
few
more
options.
So
traditionally
the
approach
has
been
to
remove
coyotes,
either
on
a
large
scale,
through
large-scale
hunting
programs
or
bounty
programs
or
selectively
trapping
and
removing
problem
coyotes.
There's
relocation,
moving
coyotes
somewhere
else,
and
then
there's
hazing,
which
is
a
training
method
to
teach
habituated
coyotes
to
be
afraid
of
people
again
and
stop
this
behavior.
B
So
relocation,
unfortunately,
doesn't
work
as
always
sounds
like
a
great
option.
You
know
we're
not
harming
the
Coyotes
we're
not
killing
them
we're
just
moving
up
somewhere
else.
It
sounds
like
a
win-win
situation,
but
unfortunately
it's
a
lose-lose
situation,
because
not
only
does
it
not
work,
but
coyotes
are
going
to
do
everything
they
can
to
get
back
home,
but
it's
also
not
humane,
because
they
almost
always
die
in
the
process,
and
it's
very
stressful
for
them
that
Cook
County
coyote
project
actually
monitored
12
coyotes.
B
That
were
relocated
and
they
found
that
none
of
them
stayed
where
they
were
put.
They
all
try
to
get
back
home,
and
usually
what
happens
is
one
of
two
things
when
you
dumped
off
a
coyote
in
a
new
area,
they're
almost
always
is
going
to
be
another
coyote
there
you're
putting
them
in
what
you
consider
to
be
ideal
habitat.
Well,
of
course,
a
coyote
already
closed
there
and
they're
not
going
to
appreciate
this
new
coyote
that
you're
dropping
off
so
they're
going
to
get
in
a
dispute.
B
The
coyote,
the
new
coyotes
are
often
injured
or
maybe
even
killed.
Secondly,
these
new
coyotes
don't
know
where
they
are
and
often
what
happens
is
they're
not
familiar
with
the
traffic
patterns
and
they
get
hit
by
cars.
This
is
mostly
what
happens
so
we're
not
solving
anything
here
and
it's
not
a
humane
approach,
which
is
usually
why
this
method
is
suggested.
You
know
lieu
of
killing
them
so
that,
in
terms
of
removal,
again
we
have
two
kinds.
The
first
one
is
to
on
a
large
scale,
remove
coyotes.
So
you
know
thin
down.
B
The
population
reduce
the
numbers
and
the
thinking
is,
if
you
reduce
the
coyote
population,
that
will
reduce
the
number
of
conflicts
that
we
have
going
on.
The
problem,
though,
is
that
that
doesn't
work
well,
when
one
of
the
big
reasons
is
that
when
you
remove
coyotes
from
a
population,
the
remaining
coyotes
will
have
more
pups
again,
as
I
mentioned,
most
coyotes
live
in
these
resident
groups,
where
there's
just
one
breeding
pair.
B
If
you
kill
that
pair,
all
the
females
in
that
group
will
breed
so
you,
whereas
you
would
have
only
had
reading
before
then
you'll
have
for
your
for
breeding
yeah.
So
you
have
more
females
breeding
but
often
start
reading
earlier
and
we'll
have
more
pups.
So
you
can
see
how
pretty
quickly
you
can
get
this
increase
in
populations.
One
of
the
big
indicators
that
this
doesn't
work
is
that
we've
been
doing
this
for
hundreds
of
years.
Our
governments,
usca
Wildlife
Services,
kills
80,000
coyotes
per
year.
B
So
it's
one
indication
that
it's
not
working
and
again
also
in
addition,
if
you
remove
coyotes
from
a
certain
area,
that's
going
to
create
a
vacancy
and
remember
you
have
those
transient
coyotes
out
there
that
are
looking
for
a
new
home
range,
they're
going
to
say:
hey,
look,
there's
a
new
area,
let's
move
in
so
they're
going
to
move
into
that
area,
so
you're
not
going
to
get
rid
of
coyotes
that
way
either.
Oh
just
to
demonstrate
this
quickly.
There
was
a
study
in
Colorado
and
they
said
okay.
B
Well,
there
must
be
a
point
where
you
remove
enough
coyotes
and
then
you
see
a
decrease
in
population,
so
they
did
an
experiment.
They
said
92
coyotes
and
they
broke
them
up
into
one
group
where
they
killed
coyotes
in
that
group.
In
one
group
they
left
alone
in
the
one
group
every
year
for
seven
years
they
actually
killed
sixty-one
to
seventy-five
percent
of
the
coyotes
and
then,
after
that
time
after
the
seven
years
they
stopped
and
waited
to
see
what
happened
and
they
found
within
eight
months.
B
The
numbers
were
up
to
where
they
were
before
they
started
killing
seven
years
ago.
So
if
you
can
imagine
the
time,
energy
that
would
be
spent
in
trying
to
remove
71
percent
of
the
population
of
coyotes
here,
I'm
telling
you
w
monumental
effort
and
then
eight
eight
months
later,
to
have
that
population
rebound
back
to
where
it
was
before.
That
would
not
seem
to
be
very
a
very
good
investment
of
time,
money
and
energy
and
again
it's
because
these
coyotes
that
they
had
more
pups
they
started
reading
earlier
here.
B
Also,
interestingly,
we
found
that
they
had
more
female
pups.
The
males
so
a
lot
of
things
going
on
here
as
to
why
why
these
populations
rebound
like
they
do
so,
a
better
approach,
rather
than
just
trying
to
remove
a
large
number
of
coyotes,
is
to
find
these
problem
coyotes.
So
these
coyotes
may
be
that
I
have
attacked
pets
or
they're
just
seen
hanging
around
neighborhoods
and
just
remove
those
coyotes
and
that's
certainly
more
humane
than
then
going
on
these
large
removal
programs,
but
it.
But
it's
also
very
difficult.
B
It's
really
hard
to
catch
a
coyote
they're,
very
smart.
They
don't
go
into
traps
very
easily
for
every
trap.
You
set
out
you'll,
get
dozen
raccoons
and
opossums,
and
probably
some
cats,
maybe
a
dog
even
and
once
you
catch
a
coyote
is
even
harder
to
catch
the
rest
of
the
Coyotes
in
that
family
group.
B
Okay,
now
you're,
creating
this
empty
home
range.
That's
quickly,
going
to
be
filled
by
another
coyote,
and
if
you
haven't
addressed
the
problem,
you
might
just
keep
having
these
problems
all
over
again.
So
you
have
to
think
about.
You
know
the
vast
majority
of
coyotes
out.
There
are
not
causing
any
problems.
We
don't
see
them
they're,
not
bothering
us
are
not
bothering
our
pets.
So
if
a
coyote
has
started
behaving
problematically,
there's
almost
always
a
reason
why
it's
usually
leads
to
feeding
or
maybe
pets
that
are
running
around
loose.
B
So
if
those
problems
continue
and
we've
removed,
a
coyote
and
new
coyote
comes
in
that's
still
going
on,
there's
still
pets
running
around
loose.
There's
still
food
left
out,
you're,
probably
going
to
keep
the
new
coyote,
probably
going
to
do
the
same
thing.
So
you
know
this
so
we're
not
teaching
our
coyotes
anything
when
we
do
this
and
we're
not
changing
our
behavior
we're
not
teaching
ourselves.
Anything.
B
That's
another
reason
why
this
just
doesn't
work
okay,
so
this
leads
us
to
coyote
hazing,
which
is
a
training
method
for
changing
the
behavior
of
those
habituated
coyotes.
So
what
we're
doing
is
these
coyotes
that
are
not
afraid
of
us
that
are
doing
things.
We
don't
want
them
to
do
we're
teaching
them
hey.
This
is
not
acceptable.
B
So
how
do
we
do
that?
Well,
there's
a
lot
of
ways
to
do
it.
You
see
a
coyote
use
the
next
time.
All
of
you
raise
your
hands
that
next
time
you
see
a
coyote
I
want
you
to
do
one
of
these
things.
So
I
want
you
basically
to
be
big
and
loud.
You
see
a
coyote
I
want
you
to
stop,
and
the
easiest
thing
to
do
is
yell
and
wave
your
arms
and
say
go
away.
Coyote
maybe
run
towards
the
coyote.
B
You
can
take
a
whistle
with
you,
you
can
even
you
know,
have
it
while
you're
walking
your
dog,
you
see
a
coyote,
you
blow
the
whistle
if
you're
outside
in
your
garden,
you
can
take
your
water
hose
and
you
can
score
at
the
coyote
with
your
water
hose
now
you
can
take
an
air
horn
with
you.
You
guys
on
you
can
do
that.
You
can
make
in
that
mascara
car
anyway.
You
can
make
your
own
hazing
tools.
B
B
Stick,
there's
really
no
limit
to
the
creative
ideas
you
can
come
up
with,
but
essentially
what
you're
doing
is
you
are
focusing
one
of
these
activities
out
of
coyote
and
you're
teaching
them
again
that
we
are
scary,
so
the
beauty
of
this
the
beauty
of
hazing
is
then
anybody
can
do
it.
Everybody
here
in
this
room
can
do
it.
You
don't
have
to
be
an
animal
control
officer.
You
don't
have
to
be
the
crocodile
hunter.
You
don't
have
to
be
wildlife
biologist.
Anybody
can
do
it
at
any
time.
B
You
can
have
a
tool
with
you
if
you
happen
to
have
one
and
you
think
about
it,
but
you
don't
have
to
anyone,
can
do
it
at
any
time,
and
and
not
only
can
everyone
do
it.
Everyone
should
do
it.
So
what
we're
doing
here
is
again
we're
teaching
coyotes
and
the
great
thing
is
they
learn
really
quickly
and
not
only
that,
but
they
pass
this
information
on
to
their
family
members
in
their
pups.
B
So
when
we
teach
when
we
see
a
coyote
and
we
Hayes
them,
they're
going
to
go
back
and
they're
going
to
teach
their
pups
that
less
that
we
taught
them
so
by
hazing,
one
coyote
we're
reaching
many
more
so
again
what
we're
doing
here,
re-establishing
their
natural
fear
of
humans,
we're
marking
our
territory
in
a
way
that
they
understand
so
again
those
coyotes
that
are
howling
at
each
other.
That's
how
they're
saying
hey
this:
is
my
territory
and
stay
out
of
my
territory?
B
So
when
we
use
our
air
horn
was
saying,
hey
stay
out
of
my
yard
and
want
you
in
my
yard,
I
mean
they
get
that
so
again,
anytime,
you
see
a
coyote
and
he's
not
afraid
of
you.
He
doesn't
run
away.
I
want
you
to
do
this,
and
just,
as
importantly,
is
that
everyone
do
this.
Is
that
you
don't
not
do
this.
So
if
everybody
here
in
this
side
of
the
room
leaves
tonight-
and
you
say:
oh,
this
is
great
information
and
then
you
see
a
coyote
and
you
do
this.
B
But
then
everybody
on
this
side
of
the
room
says
this
was
so
stupid.
Well,
I'm
not
going
to
do
that
and
you
see
a
coyote
you
just
ignore
them,
you're,
just
all
going
to
be
canceling
out
on
the
great
efforts
of
these
people
over
here.
You
know,
and
it
only
takes
a
coyote
a
few
times
to
be
hazed
for
them
to
get
the
message,
but
at
the
same
time,
if
they
keep
encountering
people
who
don't
haze
them,
then
it's
not
going
to
work
as
well.
So
we
really
do
need
everyone
to
be
involved.
B
Another
reason
is
because
you
know
if
we
have
our
animal
control
officers
come
out
and
do
this.
If
you
call
and
say
hey
I
have
a
coyote
in
my
guard.
Please
come
out
and
haze
them
a
99
times
out
of
100
by
the
time
they
get
there,
the
Coyotes
going
to
be
gone,
and
secondly,
coyotes
will
learn
pretty
quickly
that
oh
those
animal
control
officer,
guys
in
the
in
the
uniforms
are
scary.
I'll
stay
away
from
them,
but
then
you
come
out
with
your
dog
and
they're
not
going
to
be
afraid
of
you.
B
So
we
need
everybody
of
all
shapes
and
sizes
to
be
hazing,
coyotes,
okay,
so
hazing
again
anybody
can
do
it.
You
don't
have
to
have
a
tool,
there's
a
lot
of
ways.
You
can
do
it,
but
there
are
just
a
few
rules
that
you
do
have
to
follow.
The
most
important
one
is
that
you
have
to
have
a
connection
with
the
coyote
for
it
to
work.
So
the
coyote
has
to
see
you
when
you're
making
that
noise
at
him.
B
Yes
to
know
you're
doing
it
at
him,
so
in
other
words,
paintballing
is
a
great
way
to
haze.
A
coyote
I,
don't
know
what
the
laws
are
here.
If
you're
allowed
to
do
that,
but
sometimes
police
officers
do
this
and
it's
a
great
way,
but
if
you're
hiding
behind
a
bush
or
a
podium
and
your
paintballing,
a
coyote
he's
not
going
to
understand,
he's
not
going
to
understand
where
that
pain
come
from
and
why
it
happened.
He
needs
to
see
you
so
and
they're
actually
having
animal
control
officers.
B
He
did
this
and
they
learned
it
doesn't
work
also
inside
a
car.
If
you
see
a
coyote
and
you're
in
a
car
and
honk,
the
horn
Adam
they're
not
going
to
understand
that
either
and
that's
for
a
couple
reasons.
One
they
hear
car
horns
all
the
time.
You
know
coyotes
hear
all
kinds
of
noise:
all
kinds
of
traffic
noise,
construction,
noise,
they're
used
to
tuning
a
lot
of
noises
out,
so
they're
not
going
to
understand,
and
secondly,
they're
going
to
associate
that
noise
with
a
car
and
not
with
you.
B
If
we're
in
your
house-
and
you
see
a
coyote
in
your
yard
and
you're
on
the
second
or
third
floor,
and
you
hang
your
head
out
the
window
and
you
yell
that
probably
won't
work
either.
So
the
coyote
has
to
see
you
and
know
the
you're
directing
that
action
hip.
If
you
are,
if
you
see
a
coyote
and
you
have
a
pet,
a
small
pet
or
a
small
child,
you
want
to
pick
up
that
pet
or
child,
and
you
want
to
put
them
behind
you.
B
What
you're
doing
is
you
want
the
coyote
to
focus
on
you
not
on
your
pet
or
your
kid?
If
it's
a
larger
head,
you
know
or
child
you
can
put
that
behind
you.
Essentially
you
want
the
coyote
focusing
on
you,
and
this
is
the
second
most
important
rule,
and
this
is
where
sometimes
people
have
tried
this
with
the
best
intentions,
but
it
didn't
work
when
you
haze
a
coyote,
especially
one
that
has
never
been
hazed
before
and
is
very
habituated
a
lot
of
times
what
they'll
do
is
they'll.
B
Just
look
at
you,
they'll
just
still
just
look
at
you
because
they
don't
understand
what
you're
doing
or
sometimes
they
may
run
away
a
little
bit
20
or
30
feet,
and
then
they'll
stop
and
they'll.
Look
at
you
and
what
they're
doing
is
they're
trying
to
figure
you
out.
They
don't
understand
and
they're
very
smart
they're
like
a
dog
or
a
kid.
You
know
they're
testing,
you
and
they're,
trying
to
see
what
you
do.
B
So
if
you
are
blowing
a
whistle
at
a
coyote
and
he
runs
away
20
feet
and
then
stops
and
looks
at
you
and
you
say:
okay
I'm
done
that
was
great
I.
Did
my
job
and
walk
away?
All
he's
going
to
learn
is
that
he
just
has
to
wait
for
you
and
you're
going
to
leave.
So
what
you
have
to
do
is
continue
hazing,
that
coyote
until
completely
runs
away.
So
the
easiest
way
to
do
that
is
actually
to
run
towards
the
coyote,
so
yell
and
wave
your
arms
and
run
towards
the
coyote.
B
You
know
if
you're
not
comfortable
doing
that.
That's
fine
at
one
I
mentioned
the
reason
that
hazing
works
is
because
a
coyote's
first
instinct,
when
faced
with
the
threat,
is
to
run
away
they're
built
to
run
they're
very
fast.
That's
what
they're
going
to
do.
So!
That's
why
this
works.
But
you
know
you
don't
feel
comfortable
running
towards
a
coyote.
That's
fine,
you
know
get
louder.
You
know,
use
multiple
methods.
You
know.
Basically,
you
want
to
intensify
your
hazing
until
they
run
away
any
will
again
a
variety
of
methods
and
people
doing
this
is
important.
B
So
people
people
often
ask
me,
you
know:
what's
the
best
technique,
do
you
recommend
a
whistle
or
an
air
horn
or
hose
or
squirt
gun
what
tool
you
use
doesn't
really
matter,
but
it
does
matter
that
there's
some
sort
of
variety.
You
know
if
everyone
here,
everyone
in
Bloomington
is
blowing
whistles
at
coyotes.
It
might
start
to
get
habituated
to
whistles.
So
you
know
we
want
to
use
some
different
techniques,
but
even
more
important
as
a
variety
of
people.
B
So
again
you
know
we
don't
just
want
animal
control
officers
and
uniforms
or
police
officers
doing
this.
You
want
all
of
you
doing
it.
This
one
goes
in
line
with
the
first
rule,
but
you
know
only
use
these
techniques
when
you
actually
have
a
connection
with
the
coyote.
So
in
other
words,
if
you
decide
that
you're
going
to
take
a
whistle
with
you
every
time,
you
walk
your
dog
and
you're
going
to
blow
that
whistle.
B
B
B
You
also
don't
want
to
haze
a
cornered
coyote.
You
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
an
escape
route,
that
they
can
run
away
from
you,
of
course,
and
young
children.
Children
can
use
all
of
these
techniques.
You
know
especially
be
big
and
loud.
I
would
recommend
that
they
do
that.
You
might
not
recommend
that
they
run
towards
a
coyote,
but
they
can
be
big
and
loud
and
call
for
an
adult.
Most
important
thing,
though
again,
is
that
they
don't
run
away.
B
Ok,
so
I
just
want
to
talk
very,
very
briefly
about
Denver
Colorado,
because
they
have
a
really
innovative
plan
for
managing
coyote
conflicts
that
focuses
on
hazing
and
education,
so
in
2008
they
were
having
a
lot
of
conflicts.
Many
more
than
you
do
here
right
now
they
were
having
attacks
on
pets,
including
large
dogs.
They
even
had
some
people
that
were
bitten.
They
were
all
pet
or
feeding
related
out.
One
of
them,
which
is
interesting,
was
actually
a
coyote
that
fits
someone
into
McDonald's
drive-thru.
B
They
learned
that
the
employees
were
feeding
the
coyote
through
the
drive-thru
window
and
then
unsuspecting
customer
came
up,
pull
it
up
to
the
drive-through
and
the
coyote
came
up
and
bit
the
person
this
person,
you
know
the
person
did
nothing
wrong,
but
a
lot
of
times.
That,
unfortunately,
is
what
happens.
These
coyotes
learned
that
people
feed
them
and
then
they'll
go
up
and
they'll
get
aggressive
and
they
go
up
to
people.
Hey
where's,
my
food,
even
though
that
person
never
fed
them
before.
So
all
the
incidents
in
Colorado,
we
know
we're
feeding
our
pet
related.
B
They
have
really
good
information
there.
Anyway,
they
had
gone
through
the
route
of
trapping
and
removing
coyote
several
times
and
had
found
that
it
just
wasn't
working
I
kept
having
the
same
problems.
So
they
came
up
with
this
plan
that
focused
on
collecting
data
education
now
traced
and
hazing
and
they've.
Had
a
lot
of
success.
Had
no
more
people
bitten
by
coyotes
pet
attacks
have
dropped
way
down.
They
haven't
had
to
remove
any
coyotes
so
effective
that
people
are
calling
in
and
asking
hey.
Would
you
do
with
all
the
coyotes?
B
And
the
answer
is:
they're
still
there.
So
when
we're
hazing
Coyotes
we're
not
moving
them
away,
we're
not
pushing
them
to
a
new
home
range
they're
still
going
to
stay
in
our
area.
You
know
what
coyotes
are
here
to
stay,
that
that
is
a
fact.
We
just
have
to
teach
them
how
to
live
with
us.
So
when
we
haze
Coyotes
we're
teaching
them
to
become
more
nocturnal,
we're
teaching
them
to
stay
away
from
our
neighborhoods
and
from
our
pets,
so
coyote
might
still
stay
in
your
neighborhood.
B
You
might
not
come
as
close
to
your
house
or
the
houses,
or
he
might
come
out
late
at
night
when
nobody's
out.
So
basically
what
we're
doing
is
teaching
them
to
avoid
us
they're
still
going
to
be
there.
So
this
just
shows
how
their
conflicts
went
way
down
once
they
started
hazing,
so
what-what
Denver
does,
which
is
interesting.
Is
they
go
out
and
they're
the
head
of
their
program?
Teaches
they
have
sessions
like
this?
B
That
is
an
example
that
a
model
that
works
really
well
and
something
that
I
always
recommend
that
communities
do,
but
it
also
just
shows
how
important
it
is
for
everybody
to
be
involved
in
the
solution.
So
now,
I
just
want
to
run
through
a
few
examples
of
how
hazing
works
in
action.
This
is
an
example.
This
is
actually
an
example.
From
Denver
there
was
a
park
called
Bible
Park,
which
was
a
popular
Park.
People
would
go
walk,
their
dogs
have
picnics,
they
had
some
jogging
trails
where
our
people
would
go.
B
You
know,
jog
walk
their
dogs
and
they
had
a
family
group
of
coyotes
that
was
causing
a
lot
of
problems.
These
coyotes
were
just
lounging
like
this.
Coyote
is
out
in
middle
of
the
day.
People
were
right
there.
They
clearly
were
not
afraid
of
people.
They
were
showing
themselves
to
people.
They
were
following
people
that
people
were
walking
on
trails.
They
were
following
them,
they
were
also
attacking
dogs,
including
large
dogs.
B
So
this
is
a
situation
where
a
lot
of
communities
would
set
out
traps
to
remove
coyotes,
but
they
had
done
that
before
and
hadn't
had
success,
so
they
decided
instead
to
send
out
their
park
staff.
Every
morning
today's
coyotes
for
three
weeks
they
use
a
variety
of
techniques,
banging
pots
and
pans.
Whistles
air
horns,
squirt
guns,
and
they
did
that
for
three
weeks
and
after
that
time
this
was
about
three
years
ago.
They've
had
no
more
instances
of
no
more
problems
in
the
park.
No
more
dogs
have
been
attacked.
B
We
haven't
had
any
instances
of
coyotes
following
people,
no
more
aggressive,
behavior,
no
more
coyotes
lounging
in
the
grass,
the
Coyotes
are
still
there.
If
you
look
closely,
you
can
see
the
park
staff
theme
in
the
early
morning.
Hours,
hunting
rodents
but
they're
no
longer
making
themselves
visible
to
people,
and
this
is
what
hazing
can
do.
B
This
is
an
example
of
just
someone
that
went
to
one
of
those
little
neighborhood
hazing
training
sessions
that
I
talked
about.
So
this
was
a
guy
who
had
a
small
dog
and
he
had
seen
a
coyote
in
his
neighborhood
and
he
was
concerned.
So
he
went
to
the
hazing
training
and
he
learned
how
to
do
it
and
he
came
home
and
one
evening
he
saw
that
coyote
again
in
his
neighbor's
driveway.
So
he
decided
to
go
out
and
try
to
haze
it.
B
So
what
he
did
was
he
opened
up
his
his
front
door
stepped
onto
his
porch
and
started
yelling
and
waving
his
arms,
no
go
away.
Coyote
and
the
coyote
just
looked
at
him,
so
the
man
remembered
he
needed
to
intensify
as
hazing,
and
so
he
ran
towards
the
coyote,
yelling
and
waving
his
arms
and
he
actually
had
to
get
within
six
feet
of
the
coyote.
Before
the
coyote
took
off
and
ran
away,
then
you
did
coyote
took
off
and
completely
ran
away,
so
the
next
night
another
next
night.
B
The
next
time
the
man
saw
the
coyote,
he
went
out
and
haze
it
again.
This
time
he
opened
up
his
front
door
stepped
onto
his
porch,
started,
yelling
and
waving
his
arms,
and
that
time
the
Cody
ran
off
soon,
as
he
did
that
he
was.
He
started
yelling
and
waving
his
arms.
The
third
time
the
man
saw
the
coyote.
All
he
did
was
open
up
his
front
door,
the
coyote
ran
away,
and
that
was
the
last
time
he
ever
saw
that
kayo.
So
this
is
a
pretty
typical
example
of
you
know.
B
B
So
just
in
summary,
know
what
should
you
do
if
you
see
that
coyote
again,
that
a
lot
of
you
have
seen
remember
again,
it's
not
necessarily,
you
know
it's
not
normal
to
see
a
coyote
during
the
day.
It's
not
necessarily
a
cause
for
concern.
As
long
as
that,
coyote
runs
away
when
you
sees
you
if
he,
if
he
doesn't,
you
know
again,
if
you
have
a
pet
or
a
child,
you
want
to
put
yourself
and
between
the
pipette
and
the
child,
but
you
want
to
haze
them,
will
help
all
of
you
when
you
leave
here.
B
If
you
see
a
coyote
I
hope
you
all
will
hays
that
coyote,
no
matter
what
method
you
choose,
I
hope
you
do
something
and
then
again,
if
you
do
see
that
coyote,
you
know
you
want
to
look
around,
do
a
little
investigative
work.
Is
there
anything
in
your
yard?
That's
attracting
a
coyote
going
to
talk
to
your
neighbors,
try
to
work
together
in
your
neighborhood
to
make
sure
you're
not
doing
anything
to
attract
coyotes
in
yeah.
B
So
and
again,
if
you
learn
nothing
else,
never
ever
feed
coyotes.
Thank
you
all
are
too
smart
to
do
that,
but
just
spread
the
word.
So
in
conclusion,
to
prevent
coyote
conflicts,
we
have
to
change
our
behavior
by
removing
attractants,
taking
some
precautions
with
our
pets.
You
know
teaching
our
kids
to
be
smart
around
coyotes
and
we
have
to
change
coyote
behavior
through
hazing
and
we
all
have
to
work
together.
B
So
if
you
have
it,
if
you
have
questions
about
coyotes
here
in
Bloomington,
this
is
the
email
address
that
you
want
to.
Email
steam
is
probably
on
your
website
as
well,
or
you
can
always
feel
free
to
contact
me
with
any
questions.
I
have
cards
up
here.
If
you
want
to
take
one
with
me,
I
would
love
to
hear
your
stories.
If
you,
if
you
see
a
coyote
and
you
haze
them,
I
would
love
to
hear
about
it.
I'd
love
to
hear
it
did
it.
Work
did
not
work.
I'd
love
to
hear
from
you.
B
So
at
this
point
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
that
anyone
has.
Yes,
the
question
was:
if
you
come
across
more
than
one
coyote
at
a
time,
are
they
more
likely
to
be
aggressive,
we're
also?
What
would
you
do
if
you
come
across
some
more
than
coyote
at
a
time,
they're
not
more
likely
to
be
aggressive
and
typically
there's
one
coyote
in
charge
that
the
rest
of
the
Coyotes
are
taking
their
cue
from
so
what
you
want
to
do
is
you
want
to
haze
those
coyotes
just
like
their
one
coyote?
B
So
hey
is
the
group
of
coyotes
exactly
the
same
way,
and
what
they're
going
to
do
is
that
the
one
in
charge
he's
going
to
respond
and
other
coyotes
will
follow
his
lead.
Okay,
they
do
carry
rabies,
but
it's
pretty
rare
in
coyotes
I,
don't
think
it's
a
problem
here
in
this
area.
They
it's
not
a
problem
here
at
all
and
in
terms
of
coyotes
biting
people.
Actually
very
small
number
of
cases
are
from
rabies.
It's
actually
usually
healthy
coyotes
that
do
that
yeah
I
was
just
going
to
say
mange
throughout
the
major
problem.
B
Here
is
yeah
it
pretty
much
everywhere.
Manges,
it's
a
pretty
common
killer
of
coyotes,
so
it
is
something
that
they
get.
It's
not
something
that
makes
them
more.
They
don't
doesn't
make
them
more
aggressive
towards
people
or
animals.
Sometimes
it
makes
them
more
visible
because
they're
sick,
you
know,
if
you
had
they'll
they'll,
take
advantage
of
easy
food,
so
you
might
see
a
mangy
coyote
around
a
neighborhood
if
someone's
leaving
food
outside
they'll
take
advantage
of
that
they're
weak
and
they
might
not
want
to
hide
but
yeah.
B
So
you
should
call
you
if
you
see
you
mangy
coyote,
yes,
so
there's
two
times
a
year.
This
happened
so
yeah.
It
absolutely
is
your
dog.
So
what
the
reason
that
this
happens
when
coyotes
are
following
people
with
dogs,
it's
a
large
dog
and
that's
typically,
when
this
happens,
they're
trying
to
see
you're
right
they're
trying
to
seize
your
dog,
a
threat
to
their
territory.
So
if
it's
this
time
of
year,
I
bet
there's
the
den
nearby
so
they're
looking
to
see
you
know,
is
your
dog
a
threat
to
their
den?
B
If
it's
wintertime
are
looking
to
see,
is
your
dog
threat
to
their
mate?
So
was
your
dog
on
the
leash,
perfect
yeah?
So
your
dog
was
on
a
leash.
You
know,
that's
probably
why
you
didn't
have
an
encounter
so
yeah.
If
you
do
that,
you
know
if
you
see
that
dog
again
are
the
coyote,
can
I
would
I
would
haze.
But
again
you
know
now
that
you
know
that
coyote
is
there,
you
know,
I,
don't
know.
If
you
can
avoid
that
specific
area.
During
this
time
of
year
yeah
you
can
haze
the
coyote.
B
That
would
help,
and
again
that
mean
that's.
Why
is
happening?
I
think,
was
your
main
question
and
as
long
as
your
dogs
on
a
leash
and
used
to
be
okay,
but
if
you
can,
you
know
you
said
it
was
in
different
parts.
If
you
it
does
happen
and
a
lot
of
times
it
happens
in
parks
in
one
little
part
of
a
park.
If
it's
a
park,
specific
area,
people
can
avoid
that
part.
You
know
for
just
I
know:
I
was
speaking
more
in
a
general
sense.
Sometimes
this
happens
near
den
people.
B
Can
avoid
that
part
just
for
a
few
months
in
general
question
is
how
do
you
tell
the
difference
between
a
coyote
in
a
fox
I?
Don't
know
the
exact
measurements,
but
a
fox
is
much
smaller
than
a
coyote,
although
you'd
have
to
see
them
both
to
know
Fox
is
generally
a
redder
in
color
and
but
in
terms
of
you
know,
if
you're
asking
about
how
to
behave
towards
the
fox
or
coyote,
if
you
see
a
fox,
you
can
heys
a
fox.
B
B
The
typical
life
span
of
a
coyote,
if
they're
in
captivity,
can
be
similar
to
that
of
a
large
dog.
So
it
could
be,
you
know,
could
be
12
to
15
years.
However,
in
the
wild
in
urban
areas,
it's
often
three
to
five
years,
a
lot
of
coyotes
don't
live
to
be
three
row.
Traffic
mortality
and
mange
are
the
two
biggest
cause
of
mortality.
B
It's
like
SI
answer
your
question.
So
the
two
biggest
cause
of
mortality
are
may
engine
and
traffic
as
far
as
animals
in
urban
areas.
They
don't
really
have
a
predator
wolves,
sometimes
will
will
will
kill
coyotes,
but
that's
not
really
happening
in
our
urban
areas.
A
squirt
gun,
yeah,
a
squirt
gun
would
be
just
as
effective.
You
know,
paintball
there
and
bean
bag
guns
are
great
for
coyotes,
but
those
are
typically
ones
that
are
very
hip
issue.
Ated.
You
don't
have
a
big
coyote
problem
here.
B
B
You
know,
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
the
question
any
special
kind
of
vegetables.
That's
a
good
question
in
terms
of
what
can
discourage
them.
Those
motion-
detector,
sprinklers
I,
think,
would
possibly
go
to
course,
there's
fencing,
but
it
had
to
be
some
pretty
elaborate.
Fencing
I,
don't
hear
a
lot
about
coyotes
in
gardens.
You
know,
I,
don't
think
it's
necessarily
a
big
attractor,
but
it's
something
to
keep
in
mind.
B
If
you
see
a
coyote
around
here
around
your
garden
that
you
could
look
into
deterrence,
you
know
it
is
it's
it
throwing
something
on
a
coyote
chance.
That
recommended
is
something
you
can
do.
You
know.
I
would
probably
recommend
these
other
methods
better.
You
know
you
certainly
don't
want
to
harm
the
coyote
and
I,
but
you
can
you
know
you
can
throw
something
towards
the
coyote,
not
necessarily
add
it,
but
yeah
I
mean
if
you
don't
have
anything
else.
You
know
and
yelling
isn't
working.
B
You
can
pick
up
some
rocks
and
throw
it
towards
them.
Yeah
well
there,
but
it's
their
way
of
telling
other
coyote
groups
that
this
is
their
territory,
so
they're
protecting
their
territory
from
other
coyotes.
But
sometimes,
if
a
dog
are
we
sometimes
they'll
respond
to
two
dogs,
barking
I'm.
You
know
trying
to
send
the
same
message.
Also
ambulances
for
some
reason,
really
good,
coyotes,
howling
well
I'll
be
here.
If
anyone
has
any
other
questions
and
God
doesn't
want
ask
in
front
of
the
group,
but
otherwise
I
hope.
A
I
just
want
to
add
one
piece:
real
quick,
you
know
our
speaker
tonight
is
not
from
here,
but
animal
control,
officer,
young
and
the
other
animal
control
officer
bill
Forbes
in
town
are
people
that
you're
going
to
potentially
deal
with.
If
you
do
have
a
coyote
issue
or
question,
you
can
contact
the
police
department
or
animal
control
through
any
of
the
numbers
that
are
probably
available
to
you.
It
was
on
the
website.
This
has
been
recorded,
so
they're
going
to
play
this
again
on
Bloomington
cable.