Coyote not on the Lamb Anymore
There is no doubt that the coyote has moved into and is thriving in North Carolina. Coyotes are present in all 100 counties. I live in Raleigh and it’s not unusual to hear them at night but most people don’t recognize their sounds mistaken them for dogs.
A coyote in Guilford County made his presence known and that lead to his demise.
GREENSBORO — There are signs. A gnawed-on garden here. A terrified poodle there. A suspicious lump of poop over there.
There is, it seems, a coyote on the loose in Lindley Park.
But not everyone agrees on what to do about it. Some favor a date with a tranquilizer dart. Others say just let the little critter be.
The situation might be something of a test case for other neighborhoods. There is a thriving coyote population in Guilford County, and they, like other wildlife, are finding that the suburbs aren’t bad places to hang out.
The Lindley Park coyote, all agree, seemed to show up earlier this year. The creature apparently made a home in a thickly wooded area in the middle of a block near the bustling bar scene at Elam and Walker avenues.
Since then, the coyote has been a regular visitor to back yards, slipping around like a four-legged ghost. Animal Control is on the case, but so far it has had no luck with the crafty beast.
Most subdivisions are perfect habitat for a coyote seeing where most have an endless supply of food, we see pets a coyote sees a happy meal.
The coyote is not without allies. Stephen Johnson, who lives a few doors down from Long, would rather let it be. The coyote isn’t aggressive, he said, and is just a part of the natural landscape.
The wooded area is home to all sorts of wildlife. In addition to rabbits and raccoons, there are red-tailed hawks and Cooper’s hawks, he said. It’s a perfect niche for a coyote.
It’s so perfect, in fact, that he figures if this coyote gets evicted, another might simply take its place. Coyotes, for better or for worse, are here to stay.
“Unless you decide to eliminate every single coyote in the whole state, eventually they will come back,” he said.
Can’t really argue with that statement and there is no way you’ll ever eradicate them from the state.
if the Lindley Park coyote gets caught, he’s gone. He will be relocated somewhere, Ellington said.
Well animal control caught the coyote today and called NC Wildlife for relocation.
Guilford County animal control officials said they contacted North Carolina Wildlife and were told the animal should be euthanized.
Which will happen first public out cry about killing this animal or another coyote setting up house in the neighborhood?
Cool story brotha. Wish you could have got one, after all the head ache. T.
Oh, the irony of it all!!
I presently live in Largo, Florida a small, by Florida standards, city of about 70,000 people nestled nicely between Clearwater and St. Petersburg. I live in a park the is next to an area of land the city bought not that long ago to make into a nature park for the residents.
Immediately adjacent to our subdivision and actually part of the park, is an area where radio control plans are flown.
The point is, I don’t live in the country. I live in the city. At night, I often lay awake listening to the pack of coyotes that live in that small section of woods. I’m sure most residents aren’t aware they are there and pass them off as someone’s excuberent pet dog or something.
Coyotes are everywhere whether we like it or not.
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