Second child attacked by coyote in N.J. town

5-year-old boy is bitten on the head; pets have also been killed, police say
Coyote attacks New Jersey boy



The bounty system has been used in the United States for more than 300 years with little success. Experience has shown that bounty payments are ineffective in controlling predation on livestock. Coyotes compensate for losses in their population by breeding at a younger age or having larger litters and by increased pup survival. To be effective, control measures (trapping and shooting) should be aimed at eliminating the individual coyotes that have become predators of livestock, not the entire population. Bounties are costly, and they promote the illegal trafficking of skins for bounty collection. When confronted with the suggestion of a bounty, stockmen and citizens should ask how effective this method of control has been in the past and what the costs were.

Yes, guard donkeys can be quite effective.

The flock that we work in NJ is guarded by a Maremma.    There are coyotes that come down off of the mountain and so far, the flock has remained intact between the Maremma and a shot gun for those who may have gotten too close.

 

I haven't seen any yet while my dogs are working the sheep.  I guess that I'm just not there for a long enough time to see any.   I have heard them though, and it's pretty eeery!

The real dangerous time is when it's lambing season, though the winter has been pretty bad so far, so I suppose that even the larger adult ewes are at risk.   The sheep have the Maremma with them, and are enclosed by electric netting, so the coyotes will get a good shock as well as having the deal with the guard dog.  

Kathy

Aaron's friends were checking snares around Geraldine and decided to stop and call in a spot. One had a .204 and a .22 pistol. The other had a camera.
They called for 15 minutes and brought in the pack of coyotes that they couldn't see until they were 20 yards away



What does that mean?  Were they trying to call in some coyotes to shoot?

Coyotes aren't near as "cute" after they kill a bunch of neighborhood dogs in their own yards and somewhere around 50 of my birds in one year.  This year they got Herman my pet goose who knew his name, PeeWee the pet goose is still looking for her Herman., two heritage breed turkey toms, three heritage turkey hens, all the goslings, and various chickens and ducks..  coyotes aren't near as "cute" when you watched them scale a 5' welded wire fence to snatch a chicken then climb the fence back out.  They aren't near as cute when you realize you are dealing with a pack of about 15 animals, in a small town center next to the elementary school.  Coyotes aren't nar as cute when you see them in the middle of the day stalking the barn cats, and lambs,

I would be glad to be able to collect more coyote skins for wall hangers in my house.  The house cats love lying on them for beds.

Think of them as cockroaches or rats.  You can't really get rid of them,