Coyotes in NC (Charlotte, Asheville, Henderson: how much, transfer, school)

[castufari]

Originally Posted by magabith

did you not see in the news where coyotes attacked a 9 year old boy.

I was attacked by a coyote the other night at a bar. Oh wait, that was a cougar.

[magabith]

Originally Posted by castufari

I was attacked by a coyote the other night at a bar. Oh wait, that was a cougar.

lol we are talking about the four legged one's. cougars can be nice if petted the right way....

[tdw_nc]

http://picasaweb.google.com/tdw28210...39408745787922 Ok, I THOUGHT this was a fox (see the caption), but upon more Googling, this is a coyote. BTW, I live near Quail Hollow CC about 2 miles south of the Southpark Mall.

[yongmudoapex]

I heard some coyotes in the woods next to the Circuit City in Apex the other night. It was very cool but it seemed to startle the woman walking in front of me!

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I thought I heard some coyotes a little over a week ago. But after seeing the full moon I realized it was just my neighbors the werewolves.

[trese]

My dad lives in Muddy Creek area and coyotes got his 12 year old cat a couple weeks ago.

We live in N. Davidson county and I am scared they will show up here. We have 3 dogs and we have a fenced in yard, but is it truly safe? I read online they can climb fences? Ours is 4' cyclone fence. I don't like for them to go potty at night anymore since this incident with my dad's cat.

I am frustrated to know the state is doing nothing to control these wild beasts. Yes, there are other dangers in Davidson County or NC...snakes, spiders, critters that carry rabies. A coyote that will attack in cold blood is worse. They do it out of hunger-not because they are rabid.

I pray nothing happens to one of our dogs. This is scary.

[SunnyKayak]

Davidson is a rural low tax county .
Welcome to rural living.
Welcome to the south
If you want to control wildlife from interferring with your world then dont invite them.
Take protective action around your home that doesnt attract wild animals.

[happeemommee]

Originally Posted by castufari

I was attacked by a coyote the other night at a bar. Oh wait, that was a cougar.

Originally Posted by magabith

lol we are talking about the four legged one's. cougars can be nice if petted the right way....

LMAO @ this!

I know that there are coyotes in Cherokee County, out 294, very rural out there. I also know that my dog fought with something in the woods behind our house in Clay County.there was also something black or very dark that chased my daughter ,she was 9 at the time.She said she thought it was a cougar / panther, but who knows?! Now, we live in Haywood County, out Hwy 209, past I-40 and they are all over the place. The people across the street have a donkey, which is supposed to deter them.Actually, people all up and down our road have donkeys. I've seen two from a distance, but we hear them all the time. I have five dogs, everything from a pug to a Saint Bernard, and haven't seen them in the yard, although they have come very close.

[trese]

Originally Posted by SunnyKayak

Davidson is a rural low tax county .
Welcome to rural living.
Welcome to the south
If you want to control wildlife from interferring with your world then dont invite them.
Take protective action around your home that doesn't attract wild animals.

You're a piece of work. So compassionate and warm towards humans.

I've lived in NC all my life (45 years) and never even been exposed to this issue. They are dangerous and something needs to be done to control them. Looks like they are getting out of hand.

But-you know what they say about opinions-they are like a*shol*s--we all have one!

[BlueLily7]

I'm in rural Brunswick County and there really is a problem with coyotes that didn't used to exist. My husband is from this area and I don't know if there were any around here 25-30 years ago when he was a kid here, but they never had pets attacked by coyotes or SAW them if they were here. My husband told me they were brought into this area to help control another specific wildlife issue- I cannot remember what it was, but something like possums or raccoons? Or something else that was overpopulating. Coyotes are predators...but it seems that the coyotes here eat up deer, chickens and small pets and not what they were supposed to.

I hear them all around my yard at night, they try to get at the neighbor's chicken coop, and I don't like it- I am too afraid to get a dog outdoors or have a cat (I know, I usually have indoor pets but now I have kids with allergies, so we want a dog to grow up with them and for protection and even though we'd get a breed suited for outdoors who prefers outdoors, I am still worried about it)...

What I DON'T understand....coyotes everywhere, eating up people's beloved pets.........but somehow they don't reduce the FERAL cat population, the tomcats who pee on everything and impregnate all the female strays, over and over...they live forever. But I've known of hawks and coyotes getting pet cats. Those feral cats survive cars, coyotes, traps....