Bob LeBlanc Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1149776.html What a terrible way to die. One input I have from a close-to-the-source-person, is that she was pretty torn up, with a large part of one leg taken off. Everyone needs to remember that wild animals have a potential to be lethal...no matter how timid they are 'most of the time'. Bob:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Wow! My condolences to the family. You don't hear of coyotes attacking in broad daylight very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 thats really sad. prayers sent to her family and friends. this seems to be happening more often. i read an article a few months back about coyotes becoming less fearful of humans and making there way into towns and even city's to find food resulting in more coyote attacks. Kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 wow. too bad. but, coyotes are just small wolves and kill to survive. this will happen from time to time. in california, there are killings every year by mt. lions and coyotes. so many (1 each month) that they don't even make the news anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 How terribly sad I would just like to add that the coyotes they speak of in southern Ontario, are called "Brush wolves" by local farmers, for a reason. They are not the typical coyote most of you are familiar with, but a hybrid . There are currently 19 recognized subspecies, with 16 in Canada, Mexico and the United States, and 3 in Central America Southern Ontario never had wolves or coyotes when I was young, just fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Very tragic for such a thing to happen. Sad indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 That is very odd... horrible story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dance.and.shoot Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 That's so sad...her poor family. I just hope they find the other coyote...that'll bring a little peace to the family... i'll be praying for the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 That is very sad. Prayers going out for her family and friends. We have a problem here with yotes, they are becoming very bold and in some cases they are breeding with dogs. Have had a few run ins with yotes where they were coming at me, they did not seem to be at all fearful. I need to go back to working on trying to thin them out around here, wish I was better at calling them in. My neighbor from up the road stopped by yesterday to see how the progress was going with the house, told me he thought his dog got killed by yotes in just the past few days, looks like I may be hunting them on his place after deer season closes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob LeBlanc Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 This is the young lady ... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-singer-killed-by-coyotes/article1341376/ Buckee, I have seen pictures of a trapped coyote, here in Nova Scotia, that weighed in at 70.5 pounds... I have seen actual, live coyotes that have weighed at least that much! One had a track that was close to 3.5 inches across... Those big ones, although rare, are all too common for me !!! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thats terrible. Don't hear about that to often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassproof Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 I'm a suburban cop in a busy city in Michigan. I am seeing more and more coyotes in the city believe it or not and get calls from citizens about them eating their little lap dogs. I commonly see them running in busy shopping areas at night time, and often wonder if people are confusing them with German shephards when they report human attacks. But if I shot them then I would be the bad guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry hunter Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Prayers to family, Yotes are losing their fear of citys and people. I spotlighted 4 the other night on patrol behind the nursing home comming from the dumpster, they didn't even run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 What a terrible thing that must have been for the poor girl. Coyote attacks, unfortunately, are not all that uncommon. My 2 boys, when fairly young, were going down to the swimming hole and were confronted aggressively by a coyote. Fortunately, our golden retriever intervened and bluffed the coyote out of there. A couple years ago I was moose hunting in central B.C. A pack of coyotes came upon me and began harrassing me from different pathways in the willow brush, shown in the accompanying picture; you can see 3 of them. They became more and more aggressive and I finally shot one to end their little reign of terror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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