Coyotes Are Back 👍

I was in Peninsula today and saw a coyotes this is the 3rd I have seen in the last 6 months in the Valley and my sister saw one in N. Rdgeville yesterday. I wanted to take a moment to help spread the TRUTH about these beautiful and majestic animals 1. They are an apex predator meaning they are a wonderful indicator that our ecosystem is healing and healthy after 100+ years of industrial ruin. 2. A full grown male is roughly 40 lbs (not big) and females are roughly 10 lbs less- they will not attack livestock or humans (a 200lb human male would ruin a coyotes day easily. 3. while the news would make you believe they are attacking everyone’s dog this is untrue. Coyote attacks are EXTREMELY rare and usually in defense 4. They are predators no doubt but their main prey is mice, geese and rabbits. If you have a small (I mean small) dog make sure to keep it in sight, on a leash and keep to the paths -things you should already be doing. 5. We are on their land not the other way around. If you see them in around your cheap suburban Ryan home in what used to be a corn field remember YOU are intruding not the other way around. 6. They DO NOT hunt in packs. A lot of information associated with coyotes comes from what we know about and associate with wolves. They are very different canines. 7. They ARE NOT nocturnal. If you see one in the day there is nothing wrong with it and it is likely not rabid coyotes have a very low carrier rate of rabies. Please give it space and leave it alone. 8. They breed from January to March like any animal (humans included) don’t be a cock block it could upset them. Be extra aware from March to June when they are giving birth. Again like humans mama will protect her babies at all cost. 9. Hunters listen to me on this one- they aren’t eating your deer- again a full grown deer would wreak a coyote. At most they may attack a dying or diseased deer (this should actually improve your hunting by strengthening the gene pool)

Anyways I hope we can help fight the negative stigma and MAJOR FALSEHOODS) around these amazing creatures and learn to appreciate them instead of fear them.

I know it’s a book but thanks for reading

(Source: https://www.ifaw.org/animals/coyotes#faqs and https://projectcoyote.org/carnivores/coyote/ )