Local coyote problems lack easy answers - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Marcia Brazil was driving down Glen Canyon Road in her SUV around 8:15 a.m. on a Saturday in June when a coyote stopped in her path and fearlessly stared her down.

[WOPA]

We moved into the coyotes neighborhoods, remember.

[Just the facts]

"Marcia Brazil was driving ...when a coyote stopped in her path and fearlessly stared her down."

HIT THE GAS...SPLAT... 1 down...

[craziestuff]

WOW, coyotes in Scotts Valley, no way! Soon they will be rounding them up like the homeless and sending them to Santa Cruz.
I see coyotes all the time... A lot on Gram Hill Road and even Costco's parking lot.

[Life long county resident]

get a dog,and firearm...no brainer

[fat boy]

best thing you can do for a coyote is shoot the varmint!

[Karen]

I live in Bonny Doon and there are coyotes all over the place but for the most part they seem to stick to deer, other wildlife and roaming cats. (People with livestock may have a different experience.) We have that almost invisible black deer fencing behind the developed part of our property because if the deer get in the coyotes will follow. It's part of living here and I love the sound of their howls at night, especially when my silly little dog throws back his head and tries to howl with them. Common sense things like feeding pets indoors, not leaving water out if you're in a dry area, keeping small pets inside at night and making sure that larger dogs can't get out to run with them helps.

[shocked]

You mean we still have wildlife here? We must remove it immediately before it disrupts our way of life.

[Wiley Coyote]

You are living in my habitat, what do you expect.

I have been in front of a coyote that looked at me for a few minutes and walked on.

Your own fear will inspire the "fearless Stare Down"

[Wiley Coyote]

fat boy wrote:

best thing you can do for a coyote is shoot the varmint!

I'd rather you be shot.

[Wiley Coyote]

Just the facts wrote:

"Marcia Brazil was driving ...when a coyote stopped in her path and fearlessly stared her down."
HIT THE GAS...SPLAT... 1 down...

Another stupid hater

[zialab]

Life long county resident wrote:

get a dog,and firearm...no brainer

Yup...I agree!

[Vladimir Putin]

This is the most newsworthy thing since the naked woman.

Yesterday I saw a mosquito.

[Redwood Girl]

Scotts Valley is worried about coyotes when they have Target "staring the down fearlessly"??? Be glad there's still some wildlife left in Scotts Valley. Soon it will just be another San Jose!

[Susan]

This is for "just the facts"....Coyotes are just trying to survive which I surmise is what you would do if you were starving to death..there no need to kill them if they aren't trying to harm you. All Gods creatures are on this earth and are trying to survive...would you have run over a large dog that you came across that "stared you down"?

[Roadrunner]

Wiley Coyote wrote:

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Another stupid hater

Meep, meep!!!

[mountainboy]

Shocked wrote, "You mean we still have wildlife here?"
Well of course we do. Haven't you read the article about the naked woman downtown?

[Bird Lover]

Send the coyotes to Capitola - we have too many outdoor cats!

[scnativegurl]

Live and let live- Just because something is alive and not domesticated doesn't mean it doesn't have a right to live free- Also, for all of you with animals and livestock: Coyotes and wolves have been a problem for farmers since the beginning of time- Do as they did and adapt-Protect your livestock and pets with fencing and shelter in the night. The answer is NOT to shoot or otherwise exterminate these lovely creatures.

[Pedro]

The Coyotes are responsible for bringing many of the illegals here today.

[newguy40]

Such common sense approaches advocated here.

Cayotes are just furry and nature loving creatures. Don't worry about rabies, that's natural too! It's just Mother Natures way of saying, "don't let that furry fella bite your children or pets!"

Happy Happy!