What You Should Do If You See a Coyote in Your Neighborhood | News | San Diego County News Center
Are you seeing more urban coyotes in your neighborhood? If so, don t panic! The County s Department of Animal Services (DAS) has some tips to keep them away and help you, your family and pets stay safe.
Coyotes will often roam out of their immediate area because of things residents do to attract them like leaving your pet s food and water outside or unsecured trash cans in the backyard. Try to remove all food sources, including fallen fruit from trees.
There are also some things you can do to prevent coyotes from getting into your backyard. Have you ever heard of a coyote roller? It s a metal tube that you put on top of your fence, when the coyote tries to climb over the fence the tube will spin and prevent any traction. It s an easy and humane way to keep coyotes out.
There s another simple and effective technique to use if you see a coyote in your path called coyote hazing. When hazing you scare animals away by making the animal afraid of people and not wanting to return to your neighborhood.
I love this. Whoever wrote this deserves a medal. Seriously. The advice it gives will leave you looking like some sort of robo nerd, but the average coyote will definitely flee.