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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Here is my take away from all this discussion of coyotes and this is the conclusion I came to before I read that this person lost two cats.
We now allow our cats on the lanai only when we are present. We used to let them out all day, NEVER at night.
We have NEVER allowed our cats on the lanai at night, period. Nor would we feed them out there or put their litter box there because it might attract predators.
People all over the country are discussing predators and the only defense any of them have that I can see, as it is when raising children, is to use common sense and sometimes an over abundance of caution.
Protecting our children and our pets is our responsibility.
I am not sure what you want to happen, Kitty. I am confused. Do you think there should be further deed restrictions regarding pets? Do you think the district is responsible for a widespread trapping program? Do you think feeding birds and any wild animal should be a deed restriction?
Did you see on Wesh2 News last night where a bear killed a Morkie and hurt his owner yesterday in another part of Florida?
Apparently there is a coyote problem with pets all over this country. Is it worse, or is our communication better now with internet blogs?
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Commonsense used to mean that Kitty could take a sunbath without an escort.. In my opinion, the presence of coyotes means that the escort commonsense now dictates as necessary must be present and wary at all times, close enough to reach the animal within seconds, and armed with both an extreme noisemaker and an effective offensive weapon and plan to execute a save.
To what needs to happen, extensive research shows that the only effective program ever promulgated was a brieff duration of annihilation kill in Texas. The program document says "unfortunately the program was not continued"