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Coyotes are not to be trifled with, and bears have an incredible
sense of smell (they might smell the greasy hamburger you had for
lunch, or its wrapper):<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Coyote-attack-girl-Dublin-park-hospital-injury-15172995.php">https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Coyote-attack-girl-Dublin-park-hospital-injury-15172995.php</a>
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Note Dublin is an upscale 'Silicon Valley' community; the little
girl will (possibly) have to endure a rabies protocol treatment if
they don't find the offending coyote.<br>
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I think they're mostly solitary, but if they ganged-up like wolves
they'd be a real problem; they've largely prospered shadowing humans
for garbage or whatever food-like stuff we leave hanging around.
There are quite a few roaming the (mostly empty) streets of San
Francisco.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/2/2020 7:36 AM, Neil Sherry via
Shop-talk wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This
all seems alien to me – living in the UK we don’t such ready
access to firearms – and even then basically only shotguns –
and also because we generally don’t have such wildlife, so
please excuse my naivety!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So,
my thoughts are more along the lines of finding other ways
to deal with the potential threat. Would a bear or coyote be
really after a meal, rather than a fight? So could there be
a solution involving food? Maybe it would create a bigger
problem long term, but could a well-stocked bin or something
at least be a diversion to buy time (to get out or get your
weapon). Throw a bar of chocolate. Or a jar of honey!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Neil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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