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It's often not even coyotes, which we fear for no good reason, but grey foxes, which kill cats as a normal territorial behavior.
by projektfu 7y ago
It's often not even coyotes, which we fear for no good reason, but grey foxes, which kill cats as a normal territorial behavior.
- jessaustin 7y agoCoyotes have killed three of my calves in the last ten years. I shoot them on sight.
- projektfu 7y agoAh, yes. Exactly what the article is talking about.
- jessaustin 7y agoTFA is about wolves? ITT coyotes are also discussed. You're the one with the daft idea that coyotes don't kill things people care about. They do kill cats, and they do kill calves, and depending on the situation they could kill other things too.
- projektfu 7y agoI’m the one with the idea that they don’t kill people. You’re the one who kills them because they are predators of livestock, which is what the article is about.
- jessaustin 7y agoSorry about that; I'm not sure why that pinged my sarcasm meter. Of course you're right, that killing coyotes to preserve livestock (even though I'm not really sure how effective any particular coyote death is for that) is similar to killing wolves for the same reason. If there is a difference, it is that wolves seem to be a threatened species wherever they appear, while coyotes are about as endangered as squirrels. I don't particularly care about anyone's pets, but if they want to get rid of coyotes in a city to protect pet cats I don't see the problem. If they wanted to encourage coyotes to control feral cats that would be fine too. I assure you that I don't "fear" coyotes (or wolves for that matter, when I've been in wolf areas) as if they were a threat to my own life. I don't think "mortal fear" is a factor in anyone's thinking about coyotes? There may be something to TFA's claims that this is a factor with respect to wolves...