Fwd: [cpngplanning] Greetings and Next Meeting

[Eric Arens]

Hello —

Eric and I found a healthy coyote digging in our backyard yesterday. I made a noise and it headed to the back of our property — possibly exiting through a neighbor’s wooden fence. We don’t know how it gained access to our property. We have a terraced rocky slope planted with natives and other low water plants, but there are apple trees on bordering properties.

I contacted Berkeley Animal Services (Control), which does not have the resources to manage coyotes. I was referred to California Fish and Wildlife, which doesn’t have a local office.

Has anyone contacted a service or the City of Berkeley about how to manage our neighborhood coyotes? We’d like to have someone check our property to ensure we’re free of any signs of a den.

Coyotes keep rodent populations down and are natural neighbors. There are deer fences; maybe coyote fences are the answer.

Thank you.
Elizabeth Saucier + Eric Arens
1501 Campus Drive

[Keith Dreibelbis]

As mentioned in an earlier email, the city doesn't care about coyotes.  "Coy-ote's gonna coy-ote," they told me.  Not a problem until a person is attacked.

Get yourself an airhorn, and maybe a motion sensing light?  Coyotes can jump fences or dig under them.

Keith

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[Judd and Sherry Smith]

I personally think the best approach is not to worry about them.

Sherry Smith

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