I’m not up to speed on what Fiona Ma is telling people today up in the Richmond District, but i do know that there aren’t as many coyotes now as there were back in the aughts, you know, years 2000-2009.
They were all over the place back then.
And then a man from the Dept. of Fish and Game came with a rifle and plumb blew away some of these critters.
Here’s one of the coyotes that was shot and killed a few years back in Golden Gate Park:
As long as we don’t feed them, things should work out. Don’t get too excited. These animals aren’t big like wolves, so mostly people just ignore them. Mostly.
I can’t imagine being afraid of a ten-pound wild dog, but some people are.
Or a red fox – I consider them five-pound wild dogs.
As seen in Strybing Arboretum, back before they started charging admission:
People you have nothing to fear…
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I used to live in the East Bay and was attacked by coyotes twice. Both times, one of my dogs required 80+ stitches on her butt/thighs (both times she was bitten as she turned to run back to me, turning her back on the coyote). My dogs are whippets and weigh 40-45 lbs. — not tiny! It’s true that SF coyotes are smaller and less aggressive than their East Bay counterparts, they should still be treated with great caution. They might not attack a human, but they’ll definitely attack a dog, especially if it’s a small one.
fear not..saw a coyote in Strybing Arboretum just this morn..by the south western cactus section
Sweet!