Here, it aint humans encroaching on coyotes, rather the other way around. Where I am, there are more coyotes per square mile than humans, even taking into account the people in 3 small towns.Originally Posted by strange_wings
Depends on the area. They can get rather bold if humans have encroached too much and they get used to people. So can cats - I'm sure everyone has seen the pics of bobcats living in foreclosed California homes.
There are some foxes around the edges of town that aren't that shy, either, they behave comparably to a feral or even just a stray cat.
But yes, I've seen more coyotes recently that look rough and seeing them out during the daytime is a huge red flag. Especially in summer here, nothing is very active and if an animal is something is wrong.
The danged things dig equipment breaking holes in grain fields, tunnel under bins on unlived on yards, go after calving cows and sheep and eat the young before they are fully born and some are so bold they pack up and try to bring down adult stock. They go into towns and pick dogs off leashes and have attacked children. They are so bad here, the winter bounty brought in 70,000 coyotes, and by estimates, that is much less than 10% of the population. We got more coyotes than people in this province