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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Grim Milestone: Coyote attacks in Tucson suburb up to 7
2006-11-15
About 40 miles due WSW of where I live.

Officials continue to patrol the Green Valley area after another coyote was killed Monday and three more people reported being bitten. Two people were bitten in separate incidents Monday evening and another reported being bitten Sunday outside their residences near the Canoa Hills and San Ignacio golf clubs on the south side of Green Valley, officials said.

Since the beginning of the canintafada month, seven people have been bitten by a coyote or coyotes. As many coyotes have been killed and are undergoing or have undergone rabies testing, although none is believed to be rabid, said Tom Whetten, a spokesman for the Arizona Game and Fish office in Tucson. Four of those coyotes tested negative for rabies and the results for the remaining three are still pending, said Bill Frank, an epidemiologist with the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Two of the latest bite incidents occurred within about 11 minutes of each other in the 3800 block of South Placita de la Moneda and the 1500 block of West Calle Zuniga about 6 p.m., said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.

The coyote was shot to death by a USDA wildlife specialist as it was seen leaving the second residence, Whetten said. The bite that occurred Sunday was reported Tuesday morning, but no details were available about that incident. All who were bitten suffered minor injuries, Barkman said.

Evidence that residents have been insulting the Coyoran feeding the animals include bones and scraps that have been found in the area and the fact that all seven of the coyotes were extremely heavy and well fed.

The Arizona Department of Game and Fish believes that only one coyote is actually biting people because the behavior is the same in each case, Whetten said. It was not known if the coyote killed Monday is the one responsible for the attacks, Whetten said.

Staying out of the area until I know they can tell the difference between a coyote and a jackal.
Posted by:Jackal

#13  I have a pack living about 4 houses down.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-15 23:50  

#12  I work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, just a stone's throw away from UC-Berkeley and the city itself.

We have had reliable mountain lion sightings on-site within the last month, evidece of a mountain lion deer kill on-site within the last 3 months, and additional evidence that the lab is home or host to at least 1 mountain lion for at least the last 3-5 years.

Whenever and wherever you have deer or evidence of deer, according to local wildlife experts, you are within the hunting range (in CA at least) of at least 1 mountain lion.

I personally saw a dead coyote on the road to work in the hills along Kirker Pass Road above Pittsburg, CA just the other night.

We regularly hear of coyotes in the outskirts of where I live in Antioch, CA.

"Life finds a way."

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-11-15 20:05  

#11  Tea and crumpets, BA? Only if they come to the table and sit up nicely like ladies and gentlemen. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-15 18:58  

#10  Since Oregon banned hunting mountain loins with dogs, the mountain loin population is rapidly increasing. And mountain loin foraging in the suburbs is way up, with a lot of Fluffies, Snowballs, and Rovers ending up as takeout for the visitors.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2006-11-15 18:56  

#9  Coyotes are one of the few species to actually do better once people move in to their environments. The locals probably aren't feeding them in the way most of us think, however....coyotes are scavengers after all. Must be some fine garbage pickin' in the neighborhood (along with a few tasty cats and small dogs.)
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-11-15 18:51  

#8  Coyotes can't read, they thought the new 'ACME' warehouse was open and they were just in buying supplies for catching road runnerus fastimaximus.
Posted by: USN, ret.   2006-11-15 14:47  

#7  lol, TW! Why do I have a mental image of you feeding a coyote tea and crumpets?
Posted by: BA   2006-11-15 14:18  

#6  Caninetafada? Oh dear. But if the idiots were feeding them, and then somebody didn't... they're just lucky stupidity doesn't always have a Darwinian outcome.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-15 12:18  

#5  Can we breed them and deploy them along the whole border? Assuming they like Mexican food.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-11-15 12:11  

#4  Strange. Generally, Coyotes take off whenever they are seen by people. However, they can breed with some types of domestic dogs, and cross-breeding would change behavior.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-11-15 11:59  

#3  I, for one, welcome our new Canine Overlords.
Posted by: Kent Brockman   2006-11-15 11:57  

#2  maybe they are just angry because they keep shooting their friends.
Posted by: anon   2006-11-15 11:41  

#1  Quagmire!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-11-15 11:38  

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