Decatur Residents Angry About Coyotes
East Parkwood Road residents plan to attend Dec. 5 city commission meeting.
Decatur residents are complaining about coyotes in their neighborhood again. Residents of the East Parkwood Road neighborhood plan to attend the Dec. 5 Decatur City Commission meeting to urge the city to do something to control the wild canines in their neighborhood. Some residents want the city to consider eradicating the coyotes, though the city urges coexistence. Trapped coyotes must be euthanized under state law. Coyotes are an ongoing concern. Back in February, residents of the Lenox Place neighborhood voiced the same complaint. Christy Kenney Bosarge of the East Parkwood Road area said a coyote attacked her cat, Zaya, the morning of Oct. 31 near the family’s front door. “I was sitting at the window,” Bosarge told WSB-TV. “I heard a …
Cynthia L. Armistead
12:41 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Monty, you are speaking out of ignorance. Wild animals cannot be relocated - they do not survive. It's illegal to even attempt to do so. Once a coyote is trapped, it must be killed. So if you want to allow a cat or small dog outside at all, you'd best do so in a highly protected enclosure. A high, sturdy fence surrounding your yard for dogs, with the addition of one of those screened "cat yards" … more ›