When I lived in West Virginia, Coyotes were responsible for thousands (yes, I said thousands and not hundreds) of Sheep kills and who knows how many Cattle and especially Calf kills. A friend that owned lots of land, Sheep and Cattle eventually sold off all of his' Sheep and Cattle and began growing Feed crops due to his losses of Sheep and Cattle to Coyotes. He told me that he usually moved 150 head of Sheep to high mountain meadows in the Spring and would move them back to the property near his' barn in the Fall. Most of Sheep were close to giving birth when moved to the high mountain meadows in the Spring and with no losses, he should have had 250+ Sheep in the Fall. However, almost every year when they herded them from the high mountain meadows in the Fall, he would only have 50 or 60 head of Sheep left as all of the others had been killed by Coyotes. It got so bad and without any help or compensation from the West Virginia DNR, the West Virginia Sheep Breeders Association recruited and paid for a young man to attend College and get a degree in Wildlife Management and Biology. This young man graduated and eventually landed a job at the WVDNR Headquarters in Charleston, WV where he searched files and emails to the WVDNR's involvement in bringing Coyotes to West Virginia. Well, he finally found an email trail to their (the WV DNR's) involvement, turned the evidence over to the West Virginia Sheep Herders Association and they quickly took the WV DNR to court and won compensation for past losses, compensation for future losses and a ruling which requires the WV DNR to supply and maintain poison bait stations on Farm/Ranches that breed and raise considerable head of both Sheep and Cattle. Sadly, my friend died before ever receiving any compensation for his losses over many, many years of breeding and raising both Sheep and Cattle!
I live on the edge of the city in Jefferson City, Tennesse and the two fields near my' home (one borders and the other is across the highway) have anywhere from 50 to 100 Coyotes in each of them. I have lost many cats over the years and I cannot let my grandchildren walk around the property at night or even venture to the back of my' property during the day due to the threat of Coyote attacks. Something has to be done about them as they breed and drop pups like rabbits and every year, there are more and more of them in these same fields that I mentioned above. Also, there is hardly any wild game left in this area due to the Coyotes.
Frank
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