Keeping Coyotes Away From Livestock

KATV Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas: Coyotes in Searcy to be Shot

(KATV) The Searcy Police Department is being flooded with calls of coyote sightings. They're apparently becoming brazen, wandering into heavily populated areas in search of food.

The police department has been receiving calls for about a month. It's on the south side of the city limits, but not just in one specific neighborhood.

Police are concerned and that's why they have been given the ok by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to take matters into their own hands.

Ten-year-old Jesse Allison says, "At first you can't really tell if it's a coyote or not but when I saw it running from over there, I was like that is not a dog."

Stacey Jonker, her kids and neighbors have watched coyotes, a female, large male and even a baby inch closer to their apartments over the past month. "Everyday you see them, everyday," she says horrified.

There's a fence that separates the apartments from the Walmart Distribution center where they like to roam. Every time the fence is repaired, it appears they dig another hole.

Jonker says, "A neighbor came down to throw the trash away and the coyote was beside the dumpster. That's way too close." She adds, "We're more scared of them than they of us because he's just standing there and that's not normal."

Jonker thinks the livestock barn next door may also be attracting them.

Searcy police are armed, ready to lower the population. Terri Lee explains, "What we're doing is using small caliber. It's short range ammunition that way there's not a big spray over so you have little chance of hitting something else. So we're trying to get those numbers down that way."

The permit is for one year. Lee adds, "Maybe they find food somewhere else and they stop coming in the city and we don't have to shot any of them, that's even better."

Jonker adds, "One day you're going to go out there, what if they attack?

How to Keep Coyotes Away from Campsites or Homesteads, Daily Wiki ...

A coyote in its natural habitatCoyotes are very smart, opportunistic, and innovative animals; indeed, they're so smart that they've even learned to chase schoolchildren to get them to drop their lunch bags![1] As the numbers of coyotes increase, they're becoming more courageous and adaptive to our human-shaped environments and they're less easily intimidated. With brave coyotes starting to venture further out of the forest and into rural areas and campsites, we have both a need and a responsibility to deter them from built environments or where humans are undertaking activities, in order to avoid harm to either humans or coyotes.

If you're looking for ways to keep coyotes out of your yard or your campsite without harming them, this article will give you several methods to try.

Edit Steps An extreme version of a fence built to repel coyotesUse fencing. It is recommended that the fence be at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) high, and also extend 1 foot (30cm) underground.[2] The vertical spacing of such a fence should be no more than 4 inches (10cm).[3] Since coyotes are so smart, they will sometimes jump over, or dig under fences. This is often the case on livestock farms, where the temptation is so great that a hungry coyote will do anything to get in. Barbed wire placed at ground level can deter the coyote from digging under the fence.[4] Yards and livestock can be protected from coyotes if the fence is high and deep enough. Be sure to keep the livestock inside the fence, or have someone on proper guard if they are being moved or are feeding somewhere else for a time. More expensive fencing includes underground aprons and overhangs; these can be reserved for feedlots, a shelter area, corrals, or a confinement area to save on costs.[5] Electric fencing can provide a very useful option at a reasonable price for surrounding large areas of livestock.[6] Provide a secure shelter for livestock overnight. Llamas and donkeys can be used as guard animals for livestock protection.

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