West Chicago sightings alarm some residents; city hopes information will calm fears, encourage informed actions to protect cats and dogs.
Coyote sightings have prompted officials in neighboring West Chicago to start a public education campaign to alleviate concerns among some residents of the city and give them the information they need to better protect their small pets. The bottom line, the city’s release states: Do not leave small pets outside unattended. Reported attacks on humans appear to be rare. The city is directing people to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources website, which offers information that may help allay panic should one see a coyote in their neighborhood. According to a release the city issued Wednesday, coyotes resemble small German shepherds, but they carry their tails below the level of their backs instead of curved upward, as dogs do. The …
We compiled a map of recent coyote sightings in St. Charles and the immediate area. Here's what you need to know about the tough, resourceful animals.
We compiled a map of recent coyote sightings in St. Charles and the immediate area. Here's what you need to know about the tough, resourceful animals.
More often than not, you’re more likely to hear their yapping at night than you are to actually see them, although in recent years, sightings of coyotes have seemed to increase in St. Charles and elsewhere in the western suburbs. St. Charles Patch readers let us know the clever canines are around and may be more common than some might believe. Coyotes are resilient animals with an undeserved bad reputation. They are resourceful hunters that have been blamed for raiding barnyards; they are scavengers that in the past have been blamed for killing much larger livestock that more likely had simply died or had been killed by a much larger predator and then left — offering a free meal to the passing canine. Consequently, since this nation was …
Bill Johnson
7:16 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I purchased a collar with a light on it at Petco. It is called a pup light. Works great. I can see where my little dog is at pm in the yard and I think he feels safer. Not sure a coyote will attack an animal that has a bright light attached to him more ›