>> Coyotes, being scavengers, really aren't
>> much of a threat unless they are starving,
>
> There have been local cases of rabid coyotes and coyotes attacking
> cyclists on the bike trails and pets in yards in the area. Not a good
> combination. In fact rabies is on the rise in my area. The DNR puts out
> a lot of medicated bait but there is no way to guarantee all the targeted
> animals will eat the bait or that all vectors for the transmission of the
> disease have been identified locally or that there is a bait available for
> all those animals.
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I know that a friend of mine in America got five kittens a year or so ago, as Barn cats, in the hopes that they`d keep down the pests on her land. Unfortunately they all disappeared, one by one, and she`s pretty sure that coyotes got them, as she hears them (coyotes) around quite often. I suggested that she got a mother cat with kittens who would, hopefully, be taught about survival by the mother. Thankfully this certainly seems to have worked as she still has all of them, now full grown and living a rather pampered life for "Barn cats"!!! They`re doing a good job, too.
Pat