Sentences with phrase «coyote attack»

SANTA CRUZ — Suburban sprawl, and easy food for wildlife in downtown areas, are to blame for multiple weekly calls of coyote attacks on pets in Santa Cruz County, according to Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, there have been no reported coyote attacks on humans in the neighborhoods.

Although there are no documented reports of coyote attacks in Maine, keep in mind the following:

By Jennifer Herring, DVM, MS, DACVECC - Urban coyote attacks are a growing concern in the Chicago area.

On the other hand, it constituted as much as 25 percent of coyote diets in densely population areas of southern California, home to the highest concentration of coyote attack incidents in the U.S..

NEW YORK — Officials are warning residents of Westchester County after at least two possibly rabid coyotes attacked people and pets in the area.

After coyotes attack the creatures on the farm, the untimely death of one of the animals causes a showdown in the junkyard that includes some scary and tense moments for young viewers.

Most of the film is set in a barnyard, of course, where we find all of the usual barnyard animals happily living and partying together in enjoyable fashion, with the only interruptions in their festivities coming from the occasional coyote attacks.

Packs of coyotes attack children, and whales beach themselves, spurring bidding wars for broadcast rights to «Whalemageddon.»

(An article in the current issue of The Wildlife Professional (PDF)-- to which ABC refers in their media release — suggests that preventing coyote attacks on humans «might mean removing all exterior food sources such as trash, bird feeders, free - roaming cats, or tethered dogs.»

Coyotes may hunt in pairs or packs and there are reports of group coyote attack large dogs, especially in the suburbs.

«I know I may sound like a crazy animal activist, but I'm fighting for what I believe in,» said Huffman, who on the homeowners association's Facebook page debated neighbors who expressed concerns about coyotes attacking their children.

Consider carrying an air horn or «bear spray» to fend off a possible coyote attack when you are outside with your pet.

As we continue to see more coyote attack victims in our emergency room, it is more important than ever to share this information.

By Jennifer Herring, DVM, MS, DACVECC — Urban coyote attacks are a growing concern in the Chicago area.

Despite the media hype, coyote attacks on lost dogs are pretty rare.

But how common are coyote attacks in urban and suburban areas?

Research published in 2007 found that less than 2 percent of coyote scat analyzed from the Chicago metropolitan area, where no incidents of coyote attacks have been reported to date, contained food of anthropogenic origin.

A coyote attacked a 5 - year - old girl at a Westchester County playground — prompting a fearless off - duty cop to tackle and wrestle with the beast to save the child.

There have been hundreds of instances of coyotes attacking and killing small dogs.

I realize that it made news in Ohio when Canton, MI police say a coyote attacked and...

Recently, there was a coyote attack nearby on a dog who didn't survive.

Faced with the dilemma of walking your small dog in an area prone to coyote attacks or even where she may be bullied by a larger dog?

In 2017, she published the only article detailing the recognition and treatment of serious injuries secondary to coyote attack in dogs.

Cases of coyote attack, while disturbing and of concern to us all, remain extremely rare.

Coyote attacks are rare; there have been only 142 reported in the last 40 years.

Small dogs left outside unattended are also at risk of coyote attacks, especially in the spring and summer when coyotes are hunting to feed their pups.