Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] coyotes in Columbia?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Dog and Cat food. People that leave dog and cat food outside for their
pets but bring the pets indoors, or worse, have their pets eaten.

This is another huge problem and in fact here in Ojai California where
I work, they are considering an ordinance (albiet a non-enforcable
one) that would make it a crime to leave pet food out overnight.

This is also a common problem for Raccoons, Skunks, Rats, and Possums.
They love the stuff. Animals are driven by their stomach and the path
of least resistance. Where is the easiest place to get food? Where the
pesky critter does not have to chase it.


On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:43:44 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> > Yup, I knew where you lived...  But that neighborhood was closer to
> > extensive undeveloped land than I am today inside of Stadium.  The lots
> > on Russell Blvd are mostly huge, and there's Kiwanis Park in back of the
> > elementary school, but that's pretty much it, and anything that needs to
> > go back and forth across either Broadway or Stadium is going to end up
> > dead pretty quickly.  A coyote you see on Wynfield just trotted up the
> > path from the Katy Trail onto Limerick, right?  Or else came up through
> > the woods behind Deerborn (where there were still deer jumping around,
> > making it one of the few accurately named residential streets in town).
> 
> Yes, you are right.  It wasn't far from a lot of wide-open space.  But it
> was trotting along a street in a very densely populated area with very few
> trees, so I think it wasn't much afraid of being there.  Given that, it
> isn't too surprising that they would extend farther into town, but I don't
> know how far they'd go or why they'd do it.  You mentioned cats.  Well,
> maybe that's what draws them in.  Or maybe it's garbage.
> 
> Mike
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