Friday, March 8, 2013
An expert in urban wildlife explains why residents are seeing so many coyotes and shares tips on how to keep them from becoming a nuisance.
Coyotes have been spotted all across the west metro—and have even reportedly killed a handful of dogs. With so much concern about coyotes, St. Louis Park hosted a talk Thursday by Lynsey White Dasher—a Washington, DC-based urban wildlife specialist with The Humane Society of the United States. Dasher explained why coyotes are so visible in the metro and what residents can do to ensure they are good neighbors. See the PDFs to the right for a more-detailed look at how to deal with coyotes. Watch the video for an example of how to haze a coyote. Coyotes have always been among us. Coyotes aren’t that big. Coyotes aren’t out to eat your pets or your children. But coyotes can still prey on pets. Coyote bites are rare. Coyotes can still cause …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Residents across the Twin Cities continue to see coyotes.
In the spring, Hopkins residents reported seeing coyotes in the community, and residents could see even more in the fall because of coyote behavior patterns and the changing seasons. Siah St. Clair, director of Fridley's Springbrook Nature Center, e-mailed several reasons people might be seeing coyotes more this time of year: Coyotes are endemic to suburban and even urban areas of the Twin Cities. The number of sightings have increased in recent years, which may or may not suggest an increase in population size. While still very wary and elusive, they can be bold and approach someone walking a small dog. When coyotes are present, small dogs should not be left unattended. In the fall young coyotes are starting to disperse to new areas, …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Residents continue to report seeing coyotes near local homes, primarily in the southern part of Hopkins. See where they’ve been spotted and report your own sightings.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter In May, Hopkins reported that a coyote had been seen in the southern part of Hopkins. Since that time, more residents have spotted coyotes—with a Patch reader most recently reporting a sighting Sunday near Blake Road and Oxford Street. Healthy wild coyotes avoid people, but populations have been increasing in the Twin Cities. No coyote attacks on people have occurred in Minnesota, but they can raid garbage cans and kill small dogs and cats. At least two dogs were killed in St. Louis Park last year. Attacks by urban coyotes have occurred in other states, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Experts think those attacks took place after the …
Mike B.
8:00 pm on Saturday, March 9, 2013
Fact number one: Healthy wolves have never attacked humans. Wolves avoid humans at all costs, and would never "invade" a campground. Fact number two: A coyote will never attack a person. Coyotes avoid people. The only case in which a coyote would be "provoked" is if a person were foolish enough to corner a sick or injured coyote. The Edina police should ignore calls from hysterical residents who … more ›