Saturday, December 26, 2009
Grosse Pointe now overrun with coyotes
[I am a little creeped out by this realtor-advertising photo, because in the current economy it's likely that this little family is being evicted as the bank puts their house up for sale-- only the realtor is happy]
As if the economic problems and resulting foreclosures weren't enough, now Grosse Pointe is being attacked by packs of coyotes, according to the Grosse Pointe News:
Police don't know if the coyote they shot to death last Thursday morning at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms was the one that killed a pet cat two nights earlier on bordering Provencal.
Even if it was, the hunt is not over.
On Thursday night, another coyote mauled a 13-pound pet dog on Belle Meade in Grosse Pointe Shores, about 1 1/4 miles from the club. The dog survived.
Police estimate four coyotes remain in the Pointes.
"On the night shift we see them," said Sgt. Dan Pullen of Shores public safety.
At least one of the animals has — or had, given the shooting — been bedding down on a compost pile in a wooded area of the country club adjacent to the polo field.
Officers in three of the Grosse Pointes where coyotes have killed or injured pets recently — Farms, Shores and City — have been authorized to kill the predators if a clear shot can be had.
At about 7:45 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, a contractor at the country club told Farms police a coyote was roaming the grounds.
Lts. Jack Patterson and Brian Belinski responded, armed with shotguns. Belinski staked himself out east of the polo field. Patterson, also on foot, tried to flush the animal from the woods.
Oh, no! Not the polo field!
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The realtor does look like a goof. Lucky for most pets in GP, as they generally reside indoors.
We apparently have coyotes in N. Durham county (wish they would target the deer). I was told that cats generally are ok as they have their claws and can climb. So unless the coyote catches them total off guard I shouldn't worry about my farm kitties.
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We apparently have coyotes in N. Durham county (wish they would target the deer). I was told that cats generally are ok as they have their claws and can climb. So unless the coyote catches them total off guard I shouldn't worry about my farm kitties.
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