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CC SR 20181002 01 - Coyote UpdateRANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 10/02/2018 AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business AGENDA DESCRIPTION: Consideration and possible action to receive and file a report on City-wide measures to address coyote issues RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: (1) Receive and file a report on measures that the City is implementing to address coyote issues. FISCAL IMPACT: None Amount Budgeted: N/A Additional Appropriation: N/A Account Number(s): N/A ORIGINATED BY: Rudy Monroy, Code Enforcement Officer RM REVIEWED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, Director of Community Development APPROVED BY: Doug Willmore, City Manager ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: A. 2017 Coyote Activity Map and Data (Page A-1) BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION: Coyotes have been a part of the City since well before its development and incorporation. Within the South Bay, the City has been on the forefront in engaging its residents in educational campaigns about what to do when encountering coyotes, and what measures to take to keep coyotes out of neighborhoods. In 2013, the City implemented the first Coyote Management Plan in the South Bay. The City also has also been on the forefront in disseminating public information and brochures on living with urban coyotes, as well as methods to deter coyotes from entering properties and for reporting coyote activities via the City’s web-based platform. Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the reporting of coyote sightings, not only in Rancho Palos Verdes, but in the surrounding Peninsula cities as well. This report is intended to provide basic facts about coyotes, and to describe measures the City is implementing to address coyote issues. 1 Coyote Facts Basic facts about coyotes include: • Coyotes are native to California and are found throughout the State. • Coyotes can be a valuable species in wildlife areas, as they are natural predators of mice, rats, squirrels, gophers, feral cats, and other small animals, thereby helping to control rodent populations. • Coyotes are naturally curious and will watch you just out of curiosity. • Coyotes are adaptable and can survive on whatever food is available. They are opportunistic feeders. • Urban coyotes are not necessarily nocturnal, and it is not unusual to see them during daylight hours. • Coyotes have the ability to adjust their litter sizes based on the abundance of food and population density in their area. Coyotes will also repopulate their litter when reduced. South Bay Cities Council of Governments Coyote Task Force Coyote issues are currently being addressed in all four Peninsula cities, as well as the entire South Bay. Recognizing that coyotes are a regional issue, the City has been participating in the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) task force meetings on this regional issue. These task force meetings have provided an opportunity for the City to collaborate with other South Bay cities and to exchange information on effective measures to address coyote issues. Over the past year, guest speakers included representatives from Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office, Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures, Los Angeles County Animal Control Services, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and Animal Pest Management Services (a private trapping vendor). Based on information gleaned at these meetings, City Staff has worked closely with Staff from the cities of Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates to develop consistent measures conducive for the Peninsula, as discussed in greater detail below. Coyote Management Plan The Peninsula cities agree that education is a key component in coyote management. As previously reported, Rancho Palos Verdes was the first city to prepare and implement a Coyote Management Plan, followed by the cities of Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates (referred to as Coyote Management Strategies). The City’s 2013 Plan was recently updated to be more relevant and consistent with those in the cities of Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates, as well as based on input received from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, who administer the Coyote Wildlife Watch Program. The updated Plan is available on the City’s website at http://www.rpvca.gov/335/Coyotes. The goal of the Plan is to encourage and “support coexistence with urban coyotes using education, behavior modification and development of a tiered response to aggressive coyote behavior.” 2 The City’s Plan emphasizes public outreach to raise awareness of coyote attractants and deterrents, such as the following: • Don’t leave pet food outside. • Don’t leave small pets or children outside unattended. • If you compost, use enclosed bins and never compost meat or fish scraps. • Install motion-sensitive lighting around the house. • Make sure your fences are 6 feet high with no gaps at ground level – coyotes are good diggers. • Put bird feeders away at night to avoid attracting rodents and other coyote prey. • Remove fallen fruit from the ground. • Remove sources of water. • Talk to your neighbors to make sure they’re following the same procedures. • Trim ground-level shrubbery to reduce hiding places. The Plan recommends hazing as another deterrent method to move a coyote out of an area or discourage an undesirable behavior or activity. Hazing can help maintain a coyote’s fear of humans and deter them from entering or staying in neighborhoods. Using a variety of different hazing tools is important as coyotes can habituate to individual items, sounds and actions. The simplest method of hazing involves being loud and large: stand tall, wave your arms and yell at the coyote, approaching it if necessary, until it runs away. If a coyote has not been hazed before it may not immediately run away when yelled at. If this happens, walk towards the coyote and increase the hazing intensity. It is important to continue to haze the coyote until it completely leaves the area. Using different tactics such as noise makers, stomping your feet or spraying the coyote with a hose is also effective in getting a coyote to leave. It is also recommended to carry hazing tools while walking your dog, such as a whistle, squirt guns, or sticks or rocks that can be thrown towards the coyote as a deterrent. The Plan describes the following color-coded City-response to specific coyote actions or behaviors. • Green (coyotes are either heard or seen) - The City’s response to the sighting is to provide informational material to educate the resident on typical coyote behavior. • Yellow (coyote encounters a person or pet) – The City’s response to the encounter is to conduct yard audits to identify ways to deter coyote entry and to improve pet management. • Orange (coyote enters yard or pet is injured or killed) – The City’s response to the incident is to gather information and report it to the appropriate agencies, conduct a yard audit, develop a hazing team for the neighborhood, and implement the Wildlife Watch program. • Red (coyote shows teeth, back fur is raised, lunges towards a person, bites or injures a person) – The City’s response to the characteristics of an aggressive coyote is to initiate a trapping assessment and to coordinate with the County Weights and Measures. A biting is reported to the CDFW. 3 Coyote Trapping Until recently, the Agricultural Commissioner has not found it necessary to trap any coyotes in Rancho Palos Verdes due to aggressive behavior. However, over the past few months, based on field assessments and reports submitted to the City, the Agricultural Commissioner has installed traps in a few locations but has not trapped a coyote. The County uses a Belisle trap that is buried at the surface of the ground and restrains the coyote in place. A trap is typically left in place for a period of two weeks and is inspected on a daily basis. Pursuant to County procedure, if trapping is successful, the coyote will be exterminated at the site. This is because the California Code of Regulations1 requires that all furbearing and nongame mammals that are legal to trap must be immediately killed or released. As for relocating coyotes that have been trapped, this is not permitted per the California Code of Regulations2, which states that no person, facility or organization can accept, possess or relocate nuisance wildlife. The Code further states that any healthy wildlife trapped in towns or cities or removed from under buildings or otherwise taken or trapped shall be immediately released in the area where trapped or disposed of as directed or authorized by CDFW. The private trapping of coyotes by residents on private property is legally permitted in all four Peninsula cities. The cities of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates have not proactively sponsored the trapping of coyotes. Rolling Hills has approached trapping differently than the other three Peninsula cities. Because Rolling Hills is composed almost entirely of private property, a resident can call the City and request that their property be considered for “coyote control”. The Rolling Hills resident fills out an authorization and a staff member from the Agricultural Commissioner’s office will investigate. This year, the County has trapped coyotes on approximately 15 to 20 properties in Rolling Hills, and the County’s cost for this service is approximately $95 per hour. It estimated that the time spent at an individual property is approximately 3-4 hours. Cities that consider implementing their own coyote trapping programs must comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This is based Staff’s interpretation of a court case filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against the City of Arcadia, alleging that the City of Arcadia did not comply with CEQA when deciding to implement a program to trap and kill coyotes. The Arcadia City Council eventually voted to rescind the appropriation for a professional services contract related to coyote trapping. In order to implement a coyote trapping program in Rancho Palos Verdes using a private trapper, the City Council would need to adopt a CEQA determination (e.g., Mitigated Negative Declaration or Environmental Impact Report, including mitigation measures) at a duly-noticed public hearing. 1 CCR Title 14, Division 1, Subdivision 2, Chapter 5, Subsection 465.5(g)(1) Section 465.5. 2 CCR Title 14, Division 1, Subdivision 3, Chapter 3 Subsection 679(f)(4) 4 Coyote Services Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures (Agricultural Commissioner) has contracts with the cities of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates for coyote-related services. The City of Palos Verdes Estates contracts with a private company, Animal Pest Management. The City of Rolling Hills also contracts with Animal Pest Management for added services not provided by the County’s contract. It is important to note that the CDFW does not handle coyote complaints made by residents or jurisdictions, nor does Los Angeles County Animal Control. CDFW refers calls back to the City or the Agricultural Commissioner, and Animal Control will only respond if the coyote appears sick or is dead. In Rancho Palos Verdes, when a resident has a concern about a coyote, they are asked to call the Code Enforcement Division. Code Enforcement Staff will assess the situation and determine if the problem is one that can be handled by the use of preventative measures, or if the situation needs to be escalated to the Agricultural Commissioner for further review. Many times, informing a resident about what they can do to secure their yard to deter coyotes is all that is needed. However, in some instances, Staff may determine that a visit from the Agricultural Commissioner is warranted. In those cases, an Agricultural Commissioner officer will visit the property to assess what can be done to deter coyote activity. It should be noted that hours and services that the County has provided to the Peninsula for animal-related matters have drastically increased this past year. There is now a full-time dedicated deputy from the Agricultural Commissioner who canvasses the Peninsula on Mondays through Thursdays, and occasionally on Fridays, between approximately 6:00 AM and 3:00 PM. These increased hours have enabled City Staff to engage the County in scheduling property assessments, as described in greater detail below. Coyote Sighting Application and Dashboard Last year, the City’s Information Technology Staff launched a web-based coyote sighting application that the public can use on mobile and desktop devices (http://coyotesightings.rpvca.gov). The application benefits all the Peninsula cities, and although its development was led by the City’s Staff, it was a collaborative effort with the cities of Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates, whose residents and Staff utilize this application as well. The application provides information on coyote population and sighting trends. Residents report a coyote sighting and describe the coyote’s behavior or incident on this application. The reported information is documented and forwarded to City Staff. Additionally, a map of the Peninsula is available on the website that identifies the location of the reported coyote and its activity. 5 In January 2018, the data gathered during 2017 was extracted and provided to each city. This is intended to depict coyote activity over latter half of 2017, and to “refresh” the map for the 2018 reporting period. Attached to tonight’s report is the 2017 data and corresponding map for Rancho Palos Verdes (Attachment A). The information provided represents only about five months of reporting activity because the application was launched in mid-2017. To improve the public’s ability to review of the data collected via the coyote sighting application, the City’s Information Technology Staff have also created a dashboard to view real-time coyote sighting information. The data on the dashboard is displayed using charts, widgets, maps and other visual elements. The dashboard is being publicly launched on the City’s website this evening, and can be viewed at https://www.rpvca.gov/CoyoteSightingDashboard. Participation in the Wildlife Watch Program Wildlife Watch is a CDFW -administered program that is similar to a Neighborhood Watch program in that it enlists the participation of citizens to bring neighbors together and helps train them to recognize and distinguish wildlife sightings, wildlife threats to public safety, and natural versus unnatural wildlife behavior with an emphasis on coyotes. It also helps with the implementation of basic wildlife conflict prevention techniques, such as hazing. This program requires the participation of an entire neighborhood to keep coyotes out of neighborhoods. Staff from the cities of Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates enrolled in this program in 2016, and have participated in numerous “agency counseling” training session facilitated by CDFW to ensure that consistent information is being disseminated to the public throughout the Peninsula. In April 2018, a Peninsula- wide community workshop on the Wildlife Watch program was held at Hesse Park. Approximately 40 residents attended this workshop, including Mayor Brooks and Rolling Hills Estates Mayor Huff. The objective of this workshop was to raise awareness of Wildlife Watch program and to recruit volunteers to launch it. Volunteers then attended two mandatory training sessions in April and May 2018. At this time, no neighborhoods in the City have implemented the Wildlife Watch program. However, the program has been successful in Culver City, Irvine, and many other neighborhoods in Southern California in reducing their coyote population, and it continues to be a program that Staff promotes to deter coyote activity. Code Enforcement’s Public Outreach As a result of their training from the Wildlife Watch program, the City’s Code Enforcement Officers have been both proactive and reactive in canvassing City neighborhoods to raise awareness about deterrent measures to keep coyotes out of neighborhoods and adjoining canyon areas. As a proactive measure, the City’s Code Enforcement Officers canvassed all the food establishments along Western Avenue to 6 identify measures to deter coyote activity, particularly by ensuring that trash enclosures are kept clean and secure. Additionally, the City’s Code Enforcement Officers have worked closely with the Miraleste Recreation & Parks District to mitigate potential coyote attractants on District property, such as removing dead and hazardous overgrown brush. As reactive measures, the City’s Code Enforcement Officers spend an average of 15 hours a week meeting with residents in response to calls and posts on the City’s website application. This includes conducting yard audits to identify potential coyote attractants such as fallen fruit, overgrown brush, inadequate fencing, and coyote scat. In some cases, the yard audits have included deputies from the Agricultural Commissioner who have identified aggressive coyote behavior and have set-up traps. As part of the public outreach, residents are provided with the City’s Coyote Management Plan, Keep Me Wild brochure, and Home & Yard Checklist for Wildlife. More often than not, residents are not aware of the information and programs that the City has available to them, which is a sign that more outreach is needed and will occur over the next several months. CONCLUSION: With the City semi-rural topography, coyote sightings are not uncommon throughout the City. Informing residents about typical coyote behavior and what can be done to deter coyotes from entering yards and neighborhoods is an important step in coyote management. Residents are encouraged to report coyote sightings and incidents using the City’s tracking applications, and to report aggressive coyote behavior to the City’s Code Enforcement Division for further investigation. ALTERNATIVES: In addition to the Staff recommendation, the following alternative action is available for the City Council’s consideration: 1. Direct Staff to develop additional measures to address the City’s coyote issues for the City Council’s future consideration. 7 !( !( !( !(!(!(!( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !(!( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !(!( !( !( !( !( !( !( !(!( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !(!(!(!( !( !( !( !( !(!( !( !(!( !( !( !( !(!( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !( !(!( !( !( !( Produced by City of Rancho Palos Verdes GIS | January 2018 ± Coyote Sightings in Rancho Palos Verdes 2017 0 0.75 1.50.375 Miles Coyote Activity !(Coyote seen moving or resting in the area (56) !(Coyote following or approaching a person (4) !(Coyote entered a yard without pets (6) !(Coyote entered a yard with pets (15) !(Coyote entered a yard and injured a pet (2) !(Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet (11) !(Coyote biting or injuring a pet on leash (0) !(Coyote showing aggressive behavior (i.e. showing teeth, lunging, nipping without contact) (1) !(Coyote biting or injuring a person (0) !(Other (12) City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Boundary (1) Total Sightings Reported: 107 A-1 Coyote Action Date of Reported Action Description of Coyote Action Number of Coyotes Observed Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 1/9/2017 Two coyotes moving from lower Ladera Linda soccer field, across Forrestal Drive (inside of the nature reserve area) and watching pedestrian and pets walk by from a low hill inside of the reserve. Stayed there several minutes.2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 6/11/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard without pets 6/15/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 7/3/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 7/4/2017 coyote has taken 4 of my cats and we have now seen two at my gate last week, prior to that July 4th 2 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 7/20/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/2/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/8/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard without pets 8/14/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/15/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/16/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/16/2017 The coyotes ran through zig zag on Gaucho connecting RHE to RPV 4 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/21/2017 Howling for 15 minutes 3 Other 8/21/2017 Around 7 am I found what was left of a raccoon killed and eaten by a coyote on our front lawn (artificial turf). Head was at one end of yard and tail at the other with the intestines stretched out in the middle. Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/23/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/24/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/24/2017 4 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/24/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 8/27/2017 Resting in an area frequented by feral cats 4 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 8/28/2017 Here is a ring video of two coyotes killing our cat. They worked as a team. https://ring.com/share/6459636869090789808 2 Other 8/30/2017 Coyote crossing 14 fairway at Los Verdes with dead cat in mouth 1 Coyote following or approaching a person 8/31/2017 2 Coyote following or approaching a person 9/1/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/2/2017 Harassed Coyote to which he left the yard slowly, stopping intermittedly to look behind him 1 Other 9/2/2017 Heard several coyotes yipping near my backyard late at night.2 Coyote entered a yard and injured a pet 9/3/2017 Coyotes every day, bt hours of 3 am and 6 am!2 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/6/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/7/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/9/2017 Actually saw one on the 9th and the 12th in the early am 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/9/2017 2 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/11/2017 5:00pm #1 Peppertree RPV Coyote standing on property where horses are, I was about 10 feet away from him chased him off the property. The week before at 11:00 same property chased a coyote off again.2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/11/2017 1 Coyote showing aggressive behavior (i.e. showing teeth, lunging, nipping without contact)9/11/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/12/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard without pets 9/13/2017 We have had a couple of sightings - most recent last night maybe 10-15 feet away from your yard. No pets, garbage, etc that would have attracted. A few months ago we had 2 sightings where the coyote had entered our yard space.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/14/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/14/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/14/2017 Saw coyote Crossing Vanderlip Drive just off of Narcissa and upon seeing my car, it jumped the green wall to my right 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/15/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/15/2017 Animals are in the canyon and regularly come up to the edge of the back patio 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/15/2017 Was walking on trail in Friendship Park torwards me and my dog I waved my arms and made noise it finaly ran into the brush about 50 feet and watched us as we walked by.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/15/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/16/2017 3 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/16/2017 Walking on street 1 Other 9/16/2017 2 coyotes attacked a small dog on the street - dog had gotten loose from the yard 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/17/2017 2 Other 9/17/2017 Dead Coyote - Road Kill. Down hill on Hawthorne Bl north of Blackhorse before PVDN 1 Other 9/17/2017 Mother with pup spotted in my backyard on the lawn devouring animal yesterday - just spoke to Julie of RPV 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/18/2017 Running up sidewalk, looking around, paused to look at me 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 9/19/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/19/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/19/2017 4 Coyote entered a yard and injured a pet 9/20/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/20/2017 1 Other 9/20/2017 Heard howling.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/21/2017 1 A-2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/23/2017 1 Other 9/23/2017 Coyotes have been howling in the Edison Facility/P.V. Art Center area Fri. 9/22 & Sat. 9/23 around 11:30 PM. This happens often. Must be a pack in the area.2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/24/2017 Caught on our ring camera running perimeter of our chain link fence. We have chickens and 2 small dogs.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/25/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/25/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 9/26/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/26/2017 3 coyotes crossing street in neighborhood on Pontevedra Drive 11:15pm 3 Other 9/26/2017 Found animal intestines/stomach strewn on our lawn morning of September 26, 2017 - 2nd time in a week and a 1/2.1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 9/27/2017 2 Coyote entered a yard without pets 9/27/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/27/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 9/27/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/1/2017 Seen in front driveway area of home with multiple dogs.1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 10/2/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 10/3/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/4/2017 Coyote running downhill on El Rodeo sidewalk. This coyote was larger than others I have seen around the hill.1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 10/5/2017 4 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/5/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/6/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/9/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/9/2017 Three coyotes barking in street for about ten minutes, pacing back a and forth down the street in front of our property ,seeming agitated, I believe they were trying to access the trail behind our neighbor's driveway , but not abl 3 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/14/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 10/16/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 10/25/2017 Healthy big, tall coyote inside the yard. Hopped the fence.1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 10/28/2017 Hopped the fence 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 11/8/2017 2 coyotes ran across Crest Rd and Hawthorne 2 Coyote following or approaching a person 11/14/2017 4 Coyote entered a yard with pets 11/16/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 11/19/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard without pets 11/20/2017 1 Coyote following or approaching a person 11/26/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 11/27/2017 1 Other 11/27/2017 attacked possum 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 12/4/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 12/5/2017 Coyote attacked neighbors dog a month ago. Then got the little dog again and killed it.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/5/2017 2 coyotes in the Sol Y Mar development in RPV. by the dog park and garden area. Watched coyotes, shined light on them & blew an air horn. They eventually left the area.2 Coyote entered a yard with pets 12/7/2017 Jumped my fence into neighbors yard 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 12/8/2017 Not sure if the Coyote actually intern my backyard but I found my dog dead on the trail in the Canyon by my house 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/9/2017 1 Other 12/9/2017 3 coyotes were running on Ganado in front of my vehicle and then darted into the backyard of a residence 3 Other 12/10/2017 My dog was killed by coyote 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 12/11/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard with pets 12/11/2017 They are not afraid of me. They look directly into my eyes challenging me.it is terrible to live like this. It seems they have forgotten how to hunt rabbits as it is easier to pick off a pet than go hunting. Please help me.1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/13/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/13/2017 2 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/15/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/25/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/26/2017 1 Coyote seen moving or resting in the area 12/27/2017 1 Coyote entered a yard and killed a pet 12/28/2017 I hear coyotes most nights enter Portuguese Bend from the Preserve. Something has to be done to limit their population. It has never been this bad.3 Coyote entered a yard without pets 12/29/2017 1 A-3