Taylor Mitchell: 19 Year Old Woman Attacked & Killed By 2 Coyotes

Never seen a coyote than didn't run or slink away around a human. rabid? starving? certainly not normal.

• Golly!  It is getting where going camping with girl scouts is a scary goal.  I remember being out in woods far from any lights whatsoever  on a girlscout reservation which was .. jest us women and little girls.  It was very DARK!  No phones then either.  Our first crisis was a tick in my daughters eyelid exactly between two lashes.

Coyotes are capable of very bold behaviour if they're hungry enough.  I've heard of them attacking farm children here in Saskatchewan.  They're not small dogs so two together could certainly overpower a woman who isn't used to being cool headed and fighting back in a crisis.  It must have been horribly frightening.  I find coyotes very beautiful but we're going to have to figure out how to share our planet with them if we insist on moving out to the country!

I live in Ohio and coyotes have no fear of humans , in recent months attacks on cats and dogs are on the news everyday . My friend lives on a farm and one approached her dog and they were making sounds and shining lights to try and scare it off ,it eventually backed up but very slowly and never took its eyes off her dog!!! I think its sad for them but its scary and something has to be done .

That is how it was when I was a child, it is a very sad story... for both sides of the story.

I have coyotes in my yard several times a year.  I actually had one settle in my Alaskan Malamutes doghouse.  That was a bad mistake on his or her part.  My malamute found him in the doghouse and I heard him as angry as I ever saw him.  First I thought it was a stray dog.  I pullled my malamute away and that poor guy couldn.t get away fast enough. 

The fires in Ventura Co. CA last month have caused a problem for the coyotes. Once it cools off at night a little more, their food supply (what is left of it) will be even more scarce. 

People are going to find coyotes in their yards, garage and other unacceptable places. People who don't keep their animals in the house, are going to find they go missing and aren't going to be coming back. These animals are bold, they will grab a smaller animal right off the porch as the owner stands by helpless.

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