Belvedere, Calif. considering use of federal snipers to kill all coyotes in city
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2023
- The City of Belvedere in Marin County is considering using snipers from the federal government to kill all the coyotes on the island. Some residents say the coyote population is exploding and affecting their way of life. abc7ne.ws/3ZpFGuC
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While using snipers to kill coyotes, why not stick around and shoot human predators like the ones breaking car windows and getting money from ATMs?
You get my vote for mayor.
Is that what you really think?? Wow, get a grip on reality man....
That might work in Saudi Arabia
That part!!
Preach OP!
Those people are so ignorant about coyotes.
By your trolling, I can tell you are a expert. Thanks for sharing your expertise!
Peak Ignorance. Exactly.
Then we'll put them in YOUR backyard. See how you feel about them
These are the RICHEST people in the Bay area. They wouldn’t have any problem asking the snipers to shoot their neighbors if they think they’d get another couple mill on their home values.
I liked the lady who refered to the varmit as Mr. Coyote.
Funny to see people are shocked on how nature works
They have a hard life in the wealthy zone
It’s a culture shock for me to see people let their small dogs out unsupervised. I lived near a forest for most of my life and we were taught not to let the dogs out without going with them
I wish people had a grasp of common sense like you do.
Wow, how profound! Really?? No.......
Californians are stupid and think they should be able to do what they want. I know, I live here and see the entitlement everyday.
they need some kangals over there those tiny dogs are just snacks for coyotes.
It wasn’t an issue until this year.
Just paint a tunnel on the side of a rock wall.
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sounds like a Rich people problem.
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I don't even let my border collie outdoors unsupervised. If you've got a little rat dog it's not just coyotes that are a threat. You'd be surprised how big an animal a hawk or falcon can carry away.
Life is hard in the hood
Full of cash and still not content.
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Never let your little dogs out unless you are with them
These coyotes have so little reason to fear humans that I really don't see that being much of a deterrent. You just saw two clips of coyotes trying to take a human infant when adults were standing close by.
There are human wildlife conflict resolution solutions that we use here in Zimbabwe that they could employ. I live in a wildlife rich area and co-exist with way more deadly animals. Not everything requires a gun.
There are no coyotes in Africa. Jackals are not analogous to the coyote of North America. Lions, elephants, hyenas, hippos, and rhinos are not nearly as adaptable as the coyote, and therefore must be protected. What may work there, will not work here. This is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
@@meatpopsicle1567 There are universal approaches such as radio-collaring several animals, regardless of species, that have been habituated to understand movements and implementing barriers where possible, removal of aggressive animals, rallying community to minimize outdoor food opportunities (e.g. pet food that attracts prey) or even active humane hazing as opposed to ignoring or running away. However, these need to be super coordinated by national parks service, animal control, etc with buy-in from everyone in the area. I didn't suggest that scenarios were the same, rather similar, and you will find that tactics we use here in Zimbabwe are also used in Canada. Baboon habituation in urban areas is very much similar to that of coyotes, with seldom attacks on humans and pets. I know so as I have collaborated with folks from Alberta. I'd feel uncomfortable with the notion of trying to eradicate a native species.
@@ncubesays That’s helpful! Thanks!
@@ncubesays As do I, but a lethal solution will most times need to be part of the equation, due to the inefficiency of trapping and relocating one of the most adaptive and wily apex predators in the very congested and highly developed urban environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. Coyotes are not baboons. They are far more opportunistic and adaptive, and culling the more aggressive animals goes a long way toward alleviating the problem. Trapping to relocate these animals does not work, as they become trap wary almost immediately upon one or two trappings for relocation. After a short period of time, the traps begin catching mostly cats, dogs, raccoons, and skunks, and very few coyotes.
Barriers are not a viable option in the areas in question, due to the numbers of streets and also to some of the steep terrain that has been developed. The community in the article is on an island connected to the mainland by bridges. Coyotes have no problem using manmade structures to their own advantage.
Unlike baboons, when more lethal pressure being applied to coyotes to control them, they compensate by having larger litters of pups. There is no way to completely eradicate them, but you can reduce their numbers to more manageable levels that have less of an impact on human activities. Unlike what some people may advocate, humanity has just as much right to exist on the planet as any other creature, including coyotes.
It looks like the people want someone else to do the work for them.
Do it the California way: Buy the Coyotes some tents or rv's and let them live on the streets.
I,m filln that !!!
Or pass out fentanyl.
old Marin County rich people become total monsters if ever slightly inconvenienced. And their geriatric district attorneys a racist.
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Just get a bunch of Roadrunners, duh.
Contacting the ACME company while writing this
Coyotes like living in high rent areas
Sure is rough living in wealth
If you can’t handle your house in Belvedere, I can trade you one in the suburbs.
Ikr....whew, to be so wealthy. Just buy a new dog, or two. Or a kennel.
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago where coyotes passed through our neighborhood often usually during the summer but you could see them anytime. Sometimes twice a day. Everyone knew to keep your kids in the house when any were sighted as well as pets. Making noise does send them off...mom would strike a metal spoon on a pot or pan. It might take ten minutes for the whole pack to clear out. Sometimes when I was allowed out again it was after two or three days absence of coyote and I had to stay near the door and keep eyes out. Once they find there's nothing to eat they go elsewhere. I was never afraid, not my whole life not ever. The place in this news clip is an island so they will get fierce when hungry. Failing starving them off the island or killing them is relocation. For protection I'd certainly use pepper spray and carry some kind of knife and never let a pet out alone even with enclosed kennel or catio.
A natural predator kills a rat dog. I live in the hills where mountain lions kill peoples food. There lively hood and fish and game give them permission to scare off the lion. Oh but these people are wealthy!
Hyper rich people want contract killing of coyotes. The wealthy in Marin have such unique problems
🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO!
So you leave your little dogs outside unsupervised knowing there is coyotes? Irresponsible. And now you want to kill them? Disgusting.
I really wasted time watching these people complain about some coyotes. Hazing the coyotes should work, good enough. I'm sorry some people loss their dogs but nature is no joke.
They wanted Marin County with a less population density and this is a consequence to that. Can't have everything.
I had one follow me around in the fields, it was so dark I thought the bushy tail was my cat. My little dog went to investigate and came back yipping and running. It was only when I bent over to see the silhouette that I realized it was dog shaped.
The cats which are allowed to roam have killed all the coyotes' food sources for fun! According to the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife it poses a serious wildlife conservation dilemna.
Well, now they're directly eating the cats. 🤷🏿♂️
When the food source(cats, small dogs, and children) runs out, then the coyotes will starve and reduce in population.
Why don't they just move if they have a problem with the coyotes it's not their fault that the dog owners are stupid and don't watch their dogs
Wealthy folks have a difficult life.
Here in the AZ desert coyotes sometimes attack small children, keep an eye on your kids too, not just your pets.
My friend's dog was snatched by a coyote. Keep ya'll small dogs and toddlers close when walking near wildlife. Bring a bat. Lol 😩
See? That's what happens when they run out of roadrunners. Did you find any boxes from Acme Co. around the neighborhood?
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I bet all of the people they interviewed were all about banning hunting or lethal forms of animal control before it became a problem in their back yard. That's normally how this kind of problem gets started.
Marin is a very conservative part of California
I'm sorry, you moved you're behind up there into their house. It's up to human beings to figure out how to live with the animals, not the other way around. Now if they want to thin the population, I understand that but to kill them all? NO. That would be stupid And short sighted, because then there would be an overpopulation of animals whose population they naturally control.
"It's up to human beings to figure out how to live with the animals". Yes, shoot them.
@@currentbatches6205 that’s not living with them 🙄
They didn't say kill them all. They said kill every one of them in that area. There's plenty of coyotes all over the country.
@@ThriftyCHNR Really matters little; humans are the apex predators and ought to act as such.
@@lemontea128 No such intent; they are invading human residential areas. They cannot live with us, hence they need to be removed.
You don't need pro snipers . Those dude's charge way to much . Just hand some kids a few Henry lever action rifles(made in America or not made at all) and pay them 100$ for every coyote.
I’m sorry why kill these animals this was their home till we ruined it. We shouldn’t be letting small pets out unsupervised A) it’s dangerous for humans and B) and dangerous for them! Cats, dogs etc.
Where's the roadrunner when you need him???
I saw a coyote on the street at 7am this morning in Pasadena
We always let our dog go outside in the backyard to release itself, never a second thought. Back then, there weren't any coyotes around like there are now!
Ironically I just heard them howl outside! They've lost the original habitat with all of the years of drought we've had.
No, they haven't lost habitat. They've gained it. People who learn everything they know about wildlife, especially coyotes, from watching Disney cartoons always get that wrong. The coyote population has exploded all over the nation over the past thirty years. They are now living in states where they were not found prior to the 1980s. Coyotes have even invaded New York's Central Park. They go where the food is. People are inadvertently feeding them their little dogs and cats all over the country now. There are now so many of them, they are even stalking children and trying to snatch toddlers and babies from in front of their homes and from their backyards.
Coyotes never lose habitat. They are one of the most adaptable predators out there. They gain habitat, and humanity is helping them.
@meatpopsicle1567 Well, I was told this by a wildlife expert about our particular area. So don't blame me.
@@Ap_twsh And this is bad, because.....?
Just buy bigger dogs.
i like coyotes better than any of those people😁
Can't stand how they think they should kill the coyotes lol
Maybe its because youve been isolated all your life and you don't know what its like in the real world.
I always carry a baton with me in the back yard when I let my dog go out . I'm right next to him just in case.
Be careful. Possession of a baton is a felony in California. Probably won’t be an issue in your backyard, but I’d be cautious taking on a walk. Strangely though, California has no laws preventing you from carrying a machete, as long as it’s not concealed. If you swap your baton out for an edged weapon, you won’t be breaking any state laws (check local ordinances though).
There are consequences when you mess with the balance of nature. People never learn .
this is sickening!!!! "affecting their way of life." Belvedere is one the the wealthier community in the country.What way of life are they talking about?
If you shoot a lawfully owned gun ,on your property, to protect a family member, it is unlikely that the DA will press charges. My dog is a family member. If he were attacked by a coyote , I would take my chances...
Why would they be charged if they're protecting their family? Then what's the gun for? Human intruders?
Theres coyotes in my area I like to heard them bark
Same. We had one just last night knock on our door.....asked if we needed a cat or dog sitter....
This is what happens when you outlaw trapping. Now the taxpayers have to pay snipers to come in and wantonly waste these animals. Instead of having sportsman pay for license and utilize what they can from the animals.
Florida has lots of licensed commercial snipers killing invasive giant iguanas in residential areas. Modern high-power air rifles are effective and safe enough for neighborhoods.
FALSE! Even a RWS Diana pump pellet gun at 1,000 feet per second is dangerous out to 300 yards. Not only that but they will make the coyotes suffer and die a slow, painful death. And in fact make them even more dangerous when they are wounded by an idiot with a pellet gun.
Even though I am against killing in any shape or form but when it becomes a real threat an action should be taken,I prefer collecting and relocation instead of killing them
Wack em
A relocation is better
All they have to do is go outside with their dog, they want to kill the coyotes because they can’t be bothered to watch their pet.
@@JasonBoyce put a tall wired rolling fence so they won't climb in. Problem solved
"Federal snipers" - lol. What about about all those rich folks buy a gun a learn how to defend themselves?
1:35 "We literally aren't sure if we can stay here"
You can order the roller bars from ACME... Due to federal regulations ,they no longer offer hanging rock traps or dynamite 🧨💣💥
That was very funny. Glink! Glink!.....
I have pets in coyote country. I keep my pets indoors. The coyotes were here first.
It's time for y'all to stand up against tyranny and the hypocrisy. I'm glad I left that State.
We go camping almost every weekend. We just recently bought a coyote and hawk vest from the internet. We haven’t used it yet but seems dangerous if my Pomeranian were to play with another dog. I don’t let him off leash but he likes to run so thought we should get back up. My heart goes out to those who lost their family members. We have coyotes in the city so I bet they are realllllly bad out there where they can be sly. I hope they find a way to mediate this wild animal situation.
people like you should not be allowed to roam the streets.
There must be an useless activist group in Bay Area that will protest!!!
Read some of the comments.
That's Project Coyote.
.357 cal FX Airgun pellet will make quick work of these animals in a humane way and is NOT a firearm. It’s how other countries deal with nuissance populations of birds, monkeys and boar.
YUP
I'm sure if they secure trash containers and their pets, when the coyotes run out of food sources they'll move on.
It's an island. Where will they migrate to after going hungry?
Dear Belvedere City Mayor and Manager, you probably already have 100 qualified marksman living in your community. Someone that lives there and knows the terrain and what's behind the kill shot. You should already know these men and women, you should have already put them through a firearm safety competency as well as accuracy administered by your local police. Do you really want federal sniper's in neighborhood's they know nothing about? Or do you want people that live there and love the community so much they will absolutely choose safety over results. Choose the best of the best, when you have ANY wildlife incident you already have a go to list to call up. You are turning safe effective use of a firearm into rocket science scaring future generations that civilian's with firearms are dangerous and unnecessary!
In 2009 a woman named Taylor Mitchell, an aspiring musician, was killed by a pack of coyotes - yes, coyotes- in Canada. These are dangerous animals. They will attack any animal they can.
Dean Karnazes got attacked by a coyote in Marin.
If you showed this to people who lived one hundred years ago, they would be aghast at how helpless modern humans are. Imagine if one hundred years from now it was illegal to kill cockroaches in your home because "Insects have rights too!"
Let's find a find a peaceful humane solution. Let's not be the the bad human race in this story
There is no peace regarding coyotes,
There are simply too many, the numbers must be culled.
nah
There certainly is a problem here. It'll be interesting to see how they ultimately try to resolve the issue. Maybe that program they use on feral cats would work here.
My strong German Shepard is the one dog the coyotes dare not to mess with him Simba is an alpha German shepherd he will go full i am legend mode and chase after a deer 🦌
Coyote's killed my cat Kato 20 years ago. A coyote killed Domma Bird. She was my favorite chicken. Not saying I did it, but I've heard of people with a syringe, injecting antifreeze into a piece of meat and leaving it out.
Not when cats roam.
Don't take this like a fact, but I heard that the coyotes keep all the unwanted rodents by eating them and if they weren't there it would be an infestation of rats, possums, skunks, etc... Kinda like spiders taking care of the mosquito issue
Just trap them and locate them. Some say it's illegal. Well if it is, put the coyotes in THEIR backyard. See how they feel to have them.
Why don’t you open an archery season for hunters that would PAY for tags instead of spending tax payers money…
how bout getting a pitbull or other large dog ya know to guard your home from predators.
My neighbor in Oregon has a coyote dog she ties up right on the property line to bark and scare me. If it doesn't bark she hits it . Punches it in the head. The cops laugh.
At night watch out for coyotes, mountain lions and bears and in the daytime watch out for hawks and eagles, only you can keep your pets safe.
or move closer to the subway/public transportation and not the woods/ mountain
Can we get a sniper team for the Bay Area thieves?
Here's a better solution: Don't let' your pets out unsupervised, have the city trap and relocate the coyotes, then have the city put up barbed wire fencing around the area to keep them out.
But laws will have to change. And that's the hard part. It's illegal to trap and relocate, as they stated in the video.
@@LoyaFrostwind then we'll put them in YOUR backyard.
@@imrytebeehyneu ha ha. No thanks.
How the fuck taking over their land and blaming animals for this problem causing by us . Let alone not for get how extinction happened to CA grizzly bear
Mister coyote could be right there.
You can't fire at a nuisance coyote? That's hard to believe.
Have you ever set foot in Marin County?
Cayotes have the right to live too. The pets owner have the obligation to watch out their pets don’t let them out unwatch. Please leave the Cayotes alone.
Why don't they fund a trap and release program to neuter both sexes, relying on park rangers or subcontracting out to trappers who could deliver them to veterinarian colleges where student vets would get lots of spaying/neutering experience, treating the Coyotes for ring worm as well. After all, dog doo is like pate de foie gras to a Coyote. They live on that stuff. The population would diminish very quickly, though hunting would be the quickest and cheapest, but not most agreeable to public opinion.
Lady says "I'm the biggest animal rights person but these animals have to go", what she is is the biggest hypocrite. Another thought, round them up and let these same people that demand to kill them pull the trigger. Other silly woman calls her dog Baby and dresses her/him up in a sweater, cats & dogs are pets & not your baby
@@pauldean7690I'll pull that trigger all day every day so long as you're willing to pay me for my time, and provide the ammunition
@@hosedragger-204 Only the ones that live there and only one kill per person that wants them dead.
Oh, so you're willing to pay for all this?
Why don't I trap and release mice and rats? Ridiculous to release pests and predators. You shoot them. There is a huge overpopulation of coyotes in the US and they need to be dealt with lethal force.
Human activities change the climate which make their habitat food-less. human activities make wildlife go hungry.
Get a Cane Corso.
Catch them and take them away somewhere and let them free. Oh! That’s rich.
Maybe she can tell us how to do that.
OH Karen,
leave Mr Coyote alone!!
This earth is for everyone.
Maybe baby wanted to leave lol that’s why he didn’t scream
We are turning into Eloi far faster than H.G. Wells predicted...
Buncha rich tyrants want to shoot nature because they don’t like coyotes. These folks make me sick. They live in one of the richest gated communities in the entire state and have done things like cut off all the access to the island so you can’t even visit if you aren’t insanely wealthy. I sincerely hope the government says no, the coyotes deserve to live free.
This reminds me of those old western movies where bandits are terrorizing the town and the townsfolk are all frantic trying to figure out what to do.....enter SHANE! or The Magnificent Seven
owners fault not the coyotes fault.
*Airguns are not Firearms*
Problem solved
Can’t they move them to the bush.
Snipers? You mean hunters?
They snipe the yotes in Benicia when pets start to go missing. This is nothing new.
No matter how fast your dog can run , a yote will run faster . Most likely baiting your dog to it’s pack.
"yotes?"
@@ge2623 coyotes . Co …yotes sigh
@@ge2623 coyotes .. co… yotes
@Jwestside Yikes.
@@ReefMimic Yea, I get it.
Coyotes were here first, deal with it.
We're here now; deal with it.
No they weren't. This wasn't a problem 10 years ago. The coyotes moved in later.
@@currentbatches6205 wealthy folks gone paranoid.
@@northsa7498 Yeah, those darn wealthy people wanting to avoid rabies! Your envy is showing.
@@currentbatches6205 don’t be too sad , as long as you pay your mortgage on time you will be just fine. It’s a cruel cruel world for sure , those darn coyotes.
funny how we human beings think that nature is centered around us...
How about armed robberies in Oakland? Somebody Trying to skip the job…
This is a Bay Area epidemic. So are the mountain lions
Personally I like coyotes because they are beautiful animals but I’ve never had cause to dislike them.
A good quality powerful pellet rifle will kill a problem small predator like a mature coyote if needed.
Coyotes are a headache. They should be given birth control. They walk freely in Golden Gate Park and in some SF neighborhoods.
I have never let my pets out alone. These wealthy people don't want to put in work so they would rather take the easy way out
Trap them and relocate them. Use a stun gun or mace.
Privileged people with non- issue issues. I mean come on, you live in a beautiful place. Come to Oakland, face real problems
Tenderloin has that kind of vermin problem, Belvedere this kind of. Different strokes .... Peter Coyote lives in the Bay Area. Why don t you ask him to come over and W H I S P E R the dilemma gently away...he is a buddhist i.e. a person of non-lethal methods, I m sure ...has a Yt ch.
Dogs will run with coyotes also. Sounds like California needs what most reject, trappers. Not talking relocation. Talking fir and and cooked coyotes. Dogs caught go to shelter
Coyote eat rodents most of the time. 🤷🏼♀️it’s not legal to kill them