[AT] Thanksgiving Day/ now coyotes

[Mike Sloane]

We see them very rarely around here (in rural NW NJ) but when we do, you 
can tell the difference between a feral dog and an eastern coyote - the 
dog will run with its tail up, while the coyotes' tails are always down. 
I don't know about coydogs. But we do hear them often during the summer 
- they gather in groups and "yip" for half an hour or so in the middle 
of the night.

The New York City papers and news shows had a good time with pictures of 
several coyotes who found themselves unwelcome visitors to the Big Apple 
last year. Here is one story: 
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0323_060323_coyote.html>

So they aren't just confined to remote rural areas of the country. If 
you keep poultry or sheep, you are eventually going to attract 
predators. Some folks claim to have good luck with llamas, donkeys, and 
Great Pyrenees dogs mixed in with their sheep, but I cannot attest 
personally to any success.

Mike

Roy Morgan wrote:

> 
> Late one night I was in a very old residential neighborhood of  
> Washington DC (Bethesda) leaving a small meeting of photographers. As  
> we talked on the sidewalk, what I presume was a coyote loped across  
> the empty streets and yards.  It was as tall as a full sized collie  
> dog, skinny, gray and brown, and had a very long curved tail.  It  
> seemed quite at home, and on its way somewhere.  I marveled at the  
> thing and did not call animal control.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
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> Groton NY, 13073
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