Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] coyotes in Columbia?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>So I guess it's probably not a huge surprise, but I'm pretty sure I
>saw a coyote trotting along the back of a neighbor's yard early
>yesterday morning.  It was at a fair distance, so I might be mistaken,
>but I don't know of any busy-tailed dogs of that size in our
>neighborhood who could use that coyote-like gait.  I asked my wife,
>and she pointed out that she'd seen a dead coyote along Forum Blvd.
>near the Katy trial a few years back.  My concern with this is only
>that we have one cat who likes to spend a lot of time outdoors, and,
>back in Southern California, the fate of 90% of all missing cats was
>in fact becoming coyote snack food.  Lil is a very tough and really
>smart cat, but coyotes are, too.
>
>So are coyotes beginning to come into your better suburbs around here?
> Do they display a cat-slaying phenotype?
>  
>
My experience has been that if you like your pets you don't let them 
play outside without your supervision anymore than you would a small 
child. Coyotes, cars, other animals, and people are all things that have 
killed my pets and which lead me to make my pets indoor pets whenever 
possible.

<rant>
Sadly most my pets seem to be gone now. I left them with my parents, 
with more than adequate housing (pens for both cats and dogs), when I 
moved to Las Vegas but my parents saw fit to set them all free so that 
they 'could have more fun'. Being lazy people they didn't take the 
responsibility to follow my rules and keep an eye on my pets when they 
were running free. Evidently of my four dogs and two cats all I have 
left is one dog. And then there is the issue that two cats and a dog of 
mine had died in the previous six months before I moved thanks to my 
parents breaking my rules when I wasn't home or was asleep. Needless to 
say, if I ever have children my parents won't be allowed to babysit. I 
really hate having pets. Regardless of how hard I try they always end up 
dead. I am almost afraid to ever have children.
</rant>

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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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