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Coyote activity up at Carolina North: Leash your dogs
UNC reports an increase in coyote activity in the Carolina North and Crow Branch Divisions of the Forest (east of the railroad tracks).
“Keep in mind that these are feral animals; they are not pets,” the Facilities Services division reports. “They may be denning and could be in the area until fall.”
UNC officials are asking people not to let their dogs run free in the woods. “Coyotes will vigorously defend their dens and brood; your animal will be at a considerable disadvantage.”
Coyotes are seen most at dawn and dusk and at night.
Signs have been posted at designated access points and in areas where close encounters have been reported to UNC's Forest Management division.
Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz is the editor of The Chapel Hill News and The Durham News, and one of the Western Triangle editors for The News & Observer.
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Only one coyote spotted, right?
Fri, 07/10/2009 - 09:55 — marcoplosThe article in today's N&O seemed to say that there is only proof of one coyote, although the headline & longish story made it seem like an invasion.
Coyotes, alligators, bears, etc.
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 19:26 — Guitarman51It's time we started shooting and trapping these animals. This coddling of predatory animals needs to stop.
We can very well deal with
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 21:17 — QuigleyWe can very well deal with the population of alligators and bear by a regulated hunting season, set the the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. They are native specie and when hunting is permitted, a reduction in the population ensues....the coyote is an import and hunting and trapping is permitted today, but it will not reduce the population as demonstrated in the Western states, who have been hunting, trapping and poisoning them for 150 years. Mother nature occasionally will knock the population back with an epidemic of distemper or rabies and this is the only known control of the coyote.
I'm 76 years old and grew up in Orange County, when there were no deer, beaver, ground hogs or coyotes. And not many yankees either. Oops!
Henrye, I grew up here and
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 17:02 — PuddentainHenrye, I grew up here and never knew it either, but I think they are relatively recent newcomers. They started showing up about the same time as our brethren of the Northern Persuasion.
I've only ever seen one, and that was about a month ago. One crossed Bells Lake Rd in front of me one morning on the way to work. Very graceful a animal.
Coyote Pups
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 15:17 — QuigleyThose coyote pups are about 1/3 grown now, well out of the dens.
So the dens are not important. However, a coyote will eat cats and any dog small enough for it to capture. They are well scattered over North Carolina as well as most of the Eastern states except for perhaps Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. They are a hazard to the balance of nature but no one knows what to do about them.....the public would not stand for the use of poison as used in the western states and this just barely controls them, certainly no threat to their extinction. They are virtually "unprotected" in North Carolina but their numbers are increasing annually. While not native, they are very adaptable, having been imported into North Carolina and surrounding states by unscrupulous persons, thinking they would be a novel prey for hunting........well, they are!
Having grown up in North
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 15:04 — henryeHaving grown up in North Carolina, I was surprised to find out there were coyote's there, Are they recent new comers or have they always been in certain areas. I really never seen or heard of them there, Now living in Central Fl. we are being plagued by Black Bears. many times they just roam the Sub Divisions although I haven't heard of anyone being mauled