Ruvalcaba said her brother-in-law frequently sees coyotes walking down Gunn Avenue. “It’s difficult for people to understand, coyotes are really predators for small pets.” He said some coyotes are becoming habituated to eating pets. “There are very specific traits when a coyote eats an animal,” he said. He said if people provide the remains of an animal, they can determine whether the animal was killed by a coyote. “If you lived in the country, no one would think twice.” In urban areas, controlling coyotes presents a challenge because firearm regulations prohibit shooting them. “When it’s public safety, we respond as quickly as possible,” he said in a telephone interview Thursday. Harry Morse, of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, said the department receives so many complaints about coyotes, it doesn’t have the manpower to respond to all of them, unless there are public safety issues. He also said there’s a widely held belief that coyotes are overpopulating areas, but such claims are never backed up by data,
“For perspective, compare this with the number of dog attacks - and deaths we hear about every week,” said the report. Reports of coyotes attacking people are extremely rare - about 1 per year in California, without a death in 27 years. “It is no longer a matter of coyotes ‘coming down from the hills’ into neighborhoods they are year-round, full-time residents in our cities, including very urban neighborhoods with essentially no open space.”īut, he writes, coyotes are not a threat to people. “Coyotes are now just as common - if not more common - in suburban areas as in open space,” writes Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority Ecologist, Dan Cooper on the Habitat Authority’s website. The city’s website has information about coyotes and a link to the Puente Hills Habitat Authority’s website, which has specific recommendations to reduce wildlife incidents. “It is important that residents not provide these sources as it encourages wildlife to come into our yards,” he said. They are typically seen when water and food sources become scarce in the hills, he said. “Coyotes are quite common in our community and most all communities in our region,” Collier said Thursday in an email. We’ve never had this problem before.”Ĭity Manager Jeff Collier said coyotes are become more common in urban areas throughout the region, in part due to the drought. “I’ve been here 28 years, and my parents have been here 23 years. “They say we’re encroaching on their environment,” said Ruvalcaba. And wildlife agencies say it’s a city problem. The humane society says it’s a wildlife problem. The police tell them they won’t investigate unless the coyote is still present and to call animal control. The three women all expressed frustration at getting help.
“They have no fear,” said Ruvalcaba, who was standing with Lopez in the Haros’ backyard. ‘It was at least the third time we’ve spotted them,” she said. On Monday, Lopez saw a coyote in the parking lot of the restaurant where she works on Lambert Street. Another neighbor also found animal parts in the yard. A week later another neighbor found pieces of a cat in the yard. The next day her neighbor found the head of a cat in the front lawn. “And as my daughter was on the phone, her heart just stopped beating as she was in my arms,” said Lopez.
“I scooped Phoebe up - she was still alive - there was a puncture wound in her neck, And so we tried to call a vet that would be open. “I came running out, and my daughter did, too, and the coyotes ran,” she said. Her husband ran outside and another coyote was standing over their Yorkshire terrier, Phoebe, she said. “The black and white dog was at the door and a coyote was behind it.” “They were in the front yard in the early morning hours and my husband went to let them back in,” said Lopez.
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