I think must of us are dealing with the same problem. We used to have and probably still do have a few Grey Wolves in East Tennessee. One female that I believe TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency) had tagged, used to cross the highway less than a half mile from my' home. She traveled quite some distance to find a mate and was eventually hit by a car or truck while crossing the road. There are quite a few Coyotes in our area that are crossed with Wolves and some with Dogs or both. A new Walmart went in more than 10 years ago in what used to be very dense grown up fields about a mile and half from my' home. When they cleared the land to build the new Walmart, they ran out a very large pack or several packs of Coyotes and they moved into the pasture fields near my' home but which are now crop fields. Quite a few other businesses were eventually built around the Walmart but once things settled, more Coyotes moved back into the portions of the field that were not cleared or were allowed to again be overtaken by brush and weeds. The Coyotes move back and forth between that field and all the fields surrounding my' home and the neighborhood I live in. If I had to estimate how many Coyotes there are within a 2 mile radius of my' home, I would guess at the least 300 and that is probably a low estimate. They have killed many of the Deer, Rabbits, some Squirrels, Groundhogs, Ground Squirrels (Chipmunks), Quail, Pheasant and most other small wild animals. There is not much left for them to eat, so now they go after the pets and song birds and eventually will have to expand their diet to humans if they want to survive or resort to cannibalism.
Frank