Cats and Coyotes

[Johnsfolly]

Interesting article looking into increased coyote predation on cats. I know my thoughts on this situation. Let's hear what you think about it.

https://wildlife.org/suburban-cats-pay-the-price-for-slinking-into-coyote-territory/

[Quillback]

Something has to control those darn cats.  

[MOPanfisher]

Coyotes gotta eat too.  Not be a "cat guy" it doesn't bother me in the least.  At my house cats come and go, if it's a female and acts like it's wants to stick around and my wife likes it and there is less than 3 cats here already.  Then it will cost me to get it spayed.  They may he around for many years or less than one.  Those that dont meet the above requirements often have accidents.

[Dutch]

Sometimes I wish I had a  yote in the back yard to deal with all of the neighborhood cats that seem to be free ranging.

[Krazo]

no issues with this here.  

[BilletHead]

48 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Sometimes I wish I had a  yote in the back yard to deal with all of the neighborhood cats that seem to be free ranging.

                Don't need a yote to control pests. 

[Dutch]

You might with the police 400 yards away in an open line of sight with officers coming and going at all times.

[tjm]

That's only one cat per week. They must only have a single coyote and it must eat out of town most days.

To be honest though I've never seen where anything but a possum had eaten  a dead "house" cat and I've made a few dead cats over the decades. I have seen several cat carcasses rot when vultures were in the area, the "town" dump on BLM land out in Idaho once had 7-8 dead cats rotting at the same time, and a dead jack rabbit would disappear over night. I have known of bob cats killing farm cats and leaving the carcasses, the presumption by the farmers  was that they were eliminating competition.

At any rate,  places like Ca. that out law sales of fur clothing and prohibit hunting or trapping deserve to have more coyotes and big cats to live in towns where the residents can appreciate them. I can't imagine why the town would want to "to identify problem coyotes or locate hot spots of coyote activity to determine their points of entry"  and "come up with a plan to remove them."

 

[Flysmallie]

There's at least one yote close by but also a ton of idiot cats. They must not taste good. 

[BilletHead]

36 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

There's at least one yote close by but also a ton of idiot cats. They must not taste good. 

              Does your canine best friend take care of trespassing felines Ronnie?