We have patio furniture and outdoor rugs on our lanai and are out there often. I think coyotes are getting bolder now because no one bothers them, and that may be the reason they are now tearing through screens to invade lanais and coming out in the daytime. I hope The Villages takes action before they harm someone's little grandchild - they will attack anything small if they lose their fear of people. When we lived in San Diego, the newspaper reported that a pair of coyotes had viciously attacked and badly bitten a little girl whose mother foolishly put out dog food for coyotes, thinking she could tame them. Instead, they began to see her child as easy prey and the mother had to beat them off her child when they attacked.
Thanks again to everyone for your sympathies. Please let other pet owners know that their pets are no longer safe on lanais.
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