{"id":4564,"date":"2012-05-22T01:21:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T01:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/coyotes-lates-victims-in-naples-area\/"},"modified":"2012-05-22T01:21:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T01:21:36","slug":"coyotes-lates-victims-in-naples-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/coyotes-lates-victims-in-naples-area","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes’ Latest Victims in Naples Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As humans increasingly build up wildlife habitats, the wildlife encroaches on ours. It\u2019s simple; they have to live somewhere and they have to eat something. As a result, our cities and towns have seen an increase in one sector of the population: urban wildlife. And they\u2019re hungry.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to build an argument–at least, not in this article–for the rights of the coyote and the understanding of his or her plight or consider the \u201cwait until they attack a human being\u201d screed. Coyotes are attacking and killing the animals who are dear to us and who depend on us for their care: our pets.<\/p>\n

Coyotes have become increasingly visible in the last few years, particularly in Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and near CSULB. They dine on small wild and stray animals. They also seem to be losing their fear of humans. They\u2019ve been invading neighborhoods and going into yards to make off with pets who are left outside. Fences won\u2019t keep them out\u2014they\u2019re good climbers and they aim to get what they want. It’s increasingly common to see them where you wouldn\u2019t expect to see them\u2014in highly populated areas, on sidewalks, trotting along freeway embankments. They\u2019re looking for meals, especially during their breeding season.<\/p>\n

On May 21, the Press-Telegram <\/em>reported the most recent attacks on pets\u2014cats, in these instances. The animals were killed<\/a> in the Naples area and near Mother\u2019s Beach; reporter Joe Segura said that one attack was near Mayor Foster\u2019s house. (The Fosters keep their cat indoors.) It wasn\u2019t clear whether the dead cats were pets or strays, but anyone who\u2019s taken a walk in the beach area has doubtless met up with well-fed and friendly felines with collars and ID and also may have seen signs advertising lost cats that may not be actually lost.<\/p>\n

Animal Care Services\u2019 homepage<\/a> has a link to the facts and FAQs of urban coyotes and how to deter them from your property: don\u2019t leave pet food outside, keep your garbage cans covered, keep your cat or dog indoors. Ted Stevens, Animal Care Services\u2019 interim director, said that ACS tracks all coyote activity, both sightings and attacks, and have reported them in a number of areas throughout Long Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to encourage people to go to our website to learn more about what they can do to protect their pets and discourage the coyotes from coming around,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cWe encourage everyone in Long Beach to bring their pets inside at night, to make sure not to leave any food out, and to make sure their trash cans are covered securely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep your pets safe in the house. Please. Coyotes are one additional danger to the things that can befall the creature who loves you unconditionally and depends on you for well-being and protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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As humans increasingly build up wildlife habitats, the wildlife encroaches on ours. It\u2019s simple; they have to live somewhere and they have to eat something. As a result, our cities and towns have seen an increase in one sector of the population: urban wildlife. And they\u2019re hungry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":67593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}