forget fear of lions...2nd Coyote fatal attack on a pet in a week for Milw suburb.

[LWolf]

44. Coyotes love dogs and cats.

They'll haunt fenced yards, trying to lure them out (in the case of dogs) or simply wait (for cats.)

While I've lived most of the last few decades rurally, surrounded by coyotes, I have also lived in towns that coyotes spent much time in. In one small city (pop 100k), it was common to see them sitting in an empty lot on a main road, watching traffic go by.

I don't think we're going to eradicate coyotes. They, along with the cockroaches, will have survived when we've destroyed ourselves and most other living things.

Unlike the cockroaches, I wouldn't want to destroy them. I keep my cats inside, and, when I had a dog, fences in good repair.

They sing regularly where I'm currently living. Throughout the night, in the summer, their songs wake me, since I have all the doors and windows with screens open to cool the place down. When my dog was still with me, she would bark back at them, destroying all chance at sleep. Alone, it's familiar and like a lullaby, sending me drifting off again.