Wild Animals in Backyards.

It was just on the news the other day that a woman on Cape Cod, south of where I live, was attacked in her backyard by a coyote. The woman heard what she thought was a dog fight coming from her yard where her dog was tied out. She went outside and saw the coyote fighting with her dog. She went over and waved her hand telling the coyote to get out of there and the coyote let go of her dog and latched onto her hand. She tried to get herself free but could not. She hollered for her husband who fortunately was at home that day. He was on the second floor of the house and ran out to the balcony, he could tell by the way his wife was calling him that something was wrong. That is when he saw his wife's plight. The man grabbed a two by four that happened to be in room where he was and ran downstairs to his wife. He began hitting the coyote with the two by four board. The coyote did not let go right away. The man had to hit it many times before it finally released his wife and took off.

The couple called the police who ended up having to kill the coyote. It turned out the coyote had rabies. Now the woman and her dog both need to be treated for this deadly disease. The rabies is probably why the coyote was a bold as it was. Most of the time these natural creatures come around when noone else is around.

We see more and more wild animals in our backyards these days. The reason this is happening is due to all the building being done in our neighborhoods. There used to be much more room for these wild creatures to roam but we are moving more and more into their habitat leaving them little choice but to encrouch on us. Because of the fact that these places we have intruded upon was their home first, it should be up to us to learn how to live with them. There are things we can do so that we can coexist with these wild creatures. We could build high fences to discourage them from coming to close. Keep a closer eye on our pets when they are outside. Do not leave food outside accessable to wild animals, keep barrels and trash bags inside until trash day. These are just a few of the things we can do so that we can live together. If you have any other suggestions please feel free to post a comment.

I do not consider it unsafe to feed the backyard birds and the squirrels that live around my yard. The feeders are up high and I have never found them to be bothered by any wild animals in all the years I have kept bird feeders. If you want get started having backyard birds come to your house or need to replace your old feeders you can go to Duncraft.com. They have lots of backyard bird supplies to offer!