Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Chicago Breaking News, Nov.15th 2010 – Brad Block, a supervisor for the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control, said the [coyote] has the run of the Loop to help deal with rats and mice. He said no one has called today to complain. “He’s not a threat…He’s not going to pick up your children,” Block said. “His job is to deal with all of the nuisance problems, like mice, rats and rabbits.”
CBC, Oct.28, 2009 – A 19-year-old folk singer from Toronto has died after being attacked by two coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
h/t Pete
Good Lord. I had a tense moment some time ago while hiking the hills near my home when I realized I was being stalked by several coyotes. It was then that I purchased a rather large hunting knife and a machete to take on hikes with me. And now I shoot the buggers on sight.
Wonder what kind of rats and mice he’s referring to. Lots of the two-legged kind in that part of the city.
Does the coyote get a bullet proof vest and a welfare number in Chicago? Vote Dem?
I had a white-tail running alongside once, in “The Loop”…broad daylight….
Them critters are not exactly endangered.
Here in Bantario, McSquinty’s puppets are resisting a demand for a bounty. Grey and Bruce farmers are losing stock constantly. A fella over by Thamesford now runs cattle…..his loses compelled him to give up on sheep years back.
For decades, Pearson has harboured a $h!tload of breading pairs. Government naturalists study their behaviour etc. They allegedly minimise damage to wiring on the field and suppress the $hithawks and Canada Geese hazard.
One container yard near the Maple CN container yard is known as the coyote yard…..for decades.
Isn’t Chicago the world wide headquarters for the “Acme Manufacturing Company, supplier of devious devices to coyotes for decades”
Here in Ontario’s Oxford county coyotes are by all accounts thriving while the jackrabbit population has been dwindling
On another topic, the annual crow migration to our area and the City of Woodstock is taking place, so that our plastic bagged curbside garbage has to be covered by a sheet or blanket lest it be pillaged by masses of crows before the city garbage pickup arrives.
Been happening regularly for at least the past ten years.
We live in a city surrounded by a wooded / wild area. A friend of my son was hiking through the woods on a trail system and a pack of coyotes started to circle him. He made a bunch of noise and they ran. I thought this was a bit unusual.
It is funny that all these cities are dealing with rodent problems. Do you think it is the law of unintendede consequences. These cities including Saskatoon passed laws forcing people to keep their cats indoors.DUH !!! Cats are very effective ways to keep rodents under control and are no threat to children or small adults. Unfortunatly coyotes are a threat to cats and small dogs as well as children and small adults. It’s odd that these rocket scientists don’t allow cats on the streets but they tolerate or even encourage coyotes. Like Kate like to say”The world is being run by crazy people!!!”
Would “Did a dingo eat your baby?” be appropriate?
As pointed out in this video, Walt has a lot to answer for. If you liked the John Prine, you might appreciate this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCQeGnvaZQ&playnext=1&list=PLAB50F6909A94211C&index=6
The coyote bounty is working quite well in our neck of the woods.
Its a far better fate to be the prey of a coyote while on a hike than the prey of a cougar while in the club.
“His job is to deal with all of the nuisance problems, like mice, rats and rabbits.”
His job? Really? So like, does he get a pay cheque? What are his hours? Is he part of a union? If there are no rats for him to eat, what will he do then? Will he get unemployment, or will he find something to supplement his income? Like a kid? Or garbage?
Nothing like anthropomorhizing a critter.
And if you though cat poop in your flower bed was a problem worth complaining about to city council, well, let’s just say that coyote poop is a little more fragrant and voluminous.
Joe Molnar
Not just the wabbits….
Coyotes has rendered the ground-hog plague of our youth into a vague memory.
I suspect Woodstock’s crow problem is directly related to the vast reforestation near the “Pittock Puddle”.
Crows like conifers for over-night bivouacs…the foliage frustrates the crow’s major natural enemy…OWLs.
Yesterday I witnessed a big snowy owl make a run at some crows, settled on fresh plowing.
*…thought cat poop…*
It’s too bad that someone couldn’t invent a way to preview your posts before they went on line. That’d be a great invention…
/sarc
“He’s not a threat…He’s not going to pick up your children,” Block said.
There is no such thing as only one coyote.
That one is the designated decoy.
What job are the others doing?
Soooo. Rahm Emanuel is focusing his campaigning there?
About 15 years ago, the Illinois Department of Transportation decided they would no longer replace Deer Crossing signs on the basis that the entire state was a deer crossing.
The answer to the question is “none”. Walt Disney
wasn’t a fool.
As for nice juicy 19 year old would-be folksingers,
my advice to the coyotes is “go boy go”.
As for the Chicago coyote, Chicago is a great city
but coyotes are the least of one’s worries there.
R. Ed Neck – Exactly – and did they vaccinate him for rabies?
” About 15 years ago, the Illinois Department of Transportation decided they would no longer replace Deer Crossing signs on the basis that the entire state was a deer crossing. ”
These 2 stories are typical of our tax dollars at work, in 21st century government: The “public servant ” effectively nullifies any laws, that they, as public servants are sworn to enforce and obey, if they find such enforcement inconvenient to their own agenda. From the highest to the lowest levels of government, they do as they please.
It’s all about them, and their political careers; the public be damned.
“mommy, can I pet that nice doggy?”
Chicago, a city where even the coyotes have guns.
I tells ya … every time I hear a folk singer I wish I had a couple of coyotes to sic on him or her.
It’s not music folks, it’s leftist political protestation and nothing more. Folk singer put a whole new meaning on Musicians Union.
Of course the Coyotes would go after children…they are no different now than when the settlers had to deal with them and the Wolf’s,,,,,,food is food;;;;easy food…
We had a cat. Neighbours across the alleyway complained that said cat was lounging in their trees eyeing their bird feeders. So we kept the cat indoors. Shortly thereafter, city bylaw passed demanding all cats be kept indoors. Same neighbours complaining, but now about mice.
When I was young, all us kids in the neighbourhood would go to the top of one road to listen to the coyotes in the valley. Scarey stuff. However, some years after I left town, the town wizards decreed that all dogs in said town should be tied up (this was and is a small town). All of a sudden, the town cats disappeared and townsfolk were experiencing mice infestations.
To: R. Ed Neck at November 26, 2010 9:41 AM
Please don’t anthropomorphize non-human critters, they hate when that happens.
You know, I’m convinced this is one of those knee-jerk “crowd calming” things that the dimmer sorts of public officials always come up with (“Folks, now although the mass murderer is still at large in the neighbourhood, there’s nothing to worry about”).
Isn’t it interesting that there are provinces and states where some breeds of domestic dog are banned on the basis of being dangerous but there’s no concern over a breed of wild dog?
Here is an amazing story for those who think that the value of a human life is greater value than that of any other of God’s creatures:
In 1972, Joe Miller was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Tulsa Junior College .
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Joe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Joe worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to Joe, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Joe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Joe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Thirty years later, Joe was walking through the Tulsa Zoo with his family. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Joe and his family were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Joe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1972, Joe could not help wondering if this was the same elephant… Joe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Joe’s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.
“This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.”
Rimshot!
As I always quip when I hear yet more stories of Gaia-hugging German ecotourists in Banff attacked by grizzlies:
“Nature doesn’t care.”
JJM
Yeah everytime I here of “Gaia-hugging German ecotourists in Banff attacked by grizzlies”….I recall the words of that guy in “lake Placid”….”Right now I feel incredibly stupid!”
I am sure those loons have such a moment.