Kittygilchrist. Thanks for all your hard work and education about the danger of coyote attacks in the Villages and prevention of further such tragedies. Wasp spray sounds like the most common sense approach to coyote deterrence.
Deterring Wildlife | Paint ball guns also sound like a good non-lethal idea of scaring off coyotes.
I will probably just continue carrying my whistle and four or so golf balls. This was a hazing technique I found while researching how other communities are dealing with coyotes.
All the current displacement of wildlife by the continuing expansion of the Villages does create a situation like California's drought especially south of 466A.
Your coyote incident thread is also a great idea.
My now 24 year old 224 613 Project has been about getting information for survivors/victims of crimes linked from as many different libraries as possible. It all about education and prevention in other words. I will bet that there are librarians stepping up as well about informing their communities about how to deal with wayward wildlife.
I did find a book which might be of interest in this debate.
Coyote at the Kitchen Door I have not read it though.
ROROTOKO : Stephen DeStefano On his book Coyote at the Kitchen Door: Living with Wildlife in Suburbia : Cutting-Edge Intellectual Interviews https://www.timeshighereducation.co....410845.article