There was a big coyote scare this week, resulting in this post, which was followed by a few serious and helpful replies about Texas Wildlife laws.

Slow clap. I'm crying at my desk right now.

Beautiful.

There was once a stink about kids driving golf carts in my neighborhood, ONLY LICENSED DRIVERS CAN DRIVE A GOLF CART ON THE STREET.

So I said, well guess my 9 year old will have to drive on the sidewalk to comply with the law..

Hilarity ensued.

I don't even own a golf cart.

My favorite thing about it is that the the neighborhood board is always littered with crazy cat lady posts about the "babies" (AKA feral cats) they want to find good homes for after spotting their loving eyes peeking out from storm sewers and ditches. I'm sure they'd love for their pets to "interact with their wild brethren."

This person also has a thread called "Possum Death investigators" which is nothing but scooby doo references, and my current favorite "Animal remains and necromancers".

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Congratulations sicko. Lisa is no longer a member. Your mission to "satire" the crap out of the animal lovers is working.

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ChiliBeans said:

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Nah, Lower West Side.

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WTF is that?
Beltway/Harwin your turf, bro?
Cause....

Boo Weekley said:

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I have seen large coyotes the last few times I've played Memorial Park, including Monday. Can't wait until they make their way up to Oak Forest in greater numbers...may have to get back on Next Door and Facebook if/when that happens.

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I lived in Camp Logan, and watched them melt into $$$Crestwood many times after 1am. Bad news for Fluffy.
More power to them, btw. People have no idea. Not new news at all, btw, since I moved out in 2002.

I only hate termites, roaches, mosquitoes, libs and possums in the Tine. Will the coyote survive? Oh, yes. They laugh.

ChiliBeans said:

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Congratulations sicko. Lisa is no longer a member. Your mission to "satire" the crap out of the animal lovers is working.

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Well if they weren't so ****ing stupid...

I've been wondering what I can do with my "spare small mammals".

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Yeah, I go hit golf balls time to time over at the Acorn 50/50 up in GOOF area. At night you can hear the coyotes very clear, close and loud all around that driving range.

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Love that range. Feels like I'm in Tin Cup

There's an 85 reply thread on my ND about coyotes near Faithbridge Church up in Spring/Klein. Some gems:

Ok so a couple days ago there was one close to my home that my neighbors were worried about. I found a trapper and we relocated it. I did not gather up a posse or ask people to shoot every coyote they saw. I guess we have a different way of handling things.

The church should definitely be contacted before anyone decides to try and shoot these animals.

I hesitated to comment on this thread because of the tone of the general conversation but here I go. I understand your concerns but I thought the following information might help put some perspective on the situation. The coyotes have been here all along. Some of you have just now become aware of their presence. There have only been two recorded fatal attacks by coyotes on humans in the US and Canada. For comparison there are over 1,300 children (18 and under) bitten by snakes in the US annually (1 in 4 bites occur in Texas and Florida). Most survive. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snakebites-kids-riskiest-states-florida-texas/, over 100 people die from bee stings annually in the US http://www.govexec.com/management/2015/08/bees-are-deadliest-non-human-animals-america-cdc/119328/, 1,000 died from bicycle accidents in 2015 in the US https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/index.html, and 31 were killed from dog attacks in 2016in the US https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatalities-2016.php. I would never say a coyote attack could never occur and I am not trying to frighten anyone with the additional statistics. Parents DO need to be concerned about their children's safety but I'm trying to point out that attacks by coyotes fall pretty low on the risk matrix. Now for the practical thought, coyotes are highly intelligent and skittish. The chances of actually catching one in a trap are slim. The trapper will most likely capture many raccoons, opossums and various neighborhood dogs before catching the first coyote. Then the final question becomes if they do manage to trap the coyotes, how many do they need to catch to make the neighborhood feel better? I suspect that if the trappers could manage to capture the entire pack the surrounding packs will quickly claim the newly vacated territory.

Pam, I am not sure how familiar you are with guns, hunting rifles in particular.
Even a well aimed shot is very capable of going completely through a low density target like a coyote. Tje bullet can keep traveling for some distance after passing through the animal. The bullet will almost certainly change trajectory after it is deflected off of bone. No one can predict where the bullet may go, or how far once the trigger is pulled.
I encourage you to call animal control to pursue this matter. They may have better ideas.

Mike, in response to your note, I googled and found that raccoons have inflicted terrible injuries on people. Cougar are a definite threat to people. But, my focus is on coyotes. Back to the coyote discussion, perhaps it would be helpful to consider that people are also a part of nature that are not likely to go anywhere. So, we adapt, as you put it. Some adapt by hoping for peaceful cohabitation. Others confront the matter. In this discussion, I am proposing to adapt by pushing back against the coyote encroachment. Please see the article at http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-biologists-say-coyotes-losing-f

You've repeated yourself so many times, I thought I should be allowed to state my opinion once. I think people aren't more alarmed because this simply isn't alarming.

THIS won't be alarming UNTIL someone is harmed.
I have no problem relocating the coyotes. They'd probably be happier with more places to roam. Houses, dry cleaners, more strip centers.....have consumed their land. Ugh!!!

And it goes on and on...

Sheesh, people. Just paint a tunnel on the wall of your subdivision. Problem solved.

Just an fyi, it is illegal for John Doe citizen to relocate coyotes in Texas.

im waiting for some stupid urbanite with no license to end up on Lone Star Law getting nailed for relocating coyotes and trapping regular dogs