Close off crawl spaces under porches and sheds to prevent coyotes and other animals from resting or raising their young in areas around your home. Clean up pet food, fallen fruit and seed around bird feeders – coyotes are opportunistic feeders and will be drawn to and eat all of these potential food sources. This includes placing food outside to attract wildlife. Never feed coyotes either intentionally or unintentionally. If children are approached by a coyote, have them move slowly inside and yell loudly – teach them not to run, approach, or feed coyotes. Do not run from a coyote, as this may cause the animal to chase. This gives the adult an opportunity to lift the child as quickly as possible and back away. If a coyote approaches a child, an adult should first yell loudly to startle the coyote and then move towards the coyote.Vary your methods of hazing so that the coyote does not become desensitized.Remember that wildlife will attempt to protect themselves or their young if threatened - keep your distance. Do not attempt to hurt the coyote because injured animals are more likely to defend themselves the goal should be to scare the coyote away. Spraying water from a hose or using bear repellent can also be effective hazing methods. Throwing small stones or sticks towards (but not at) a coyote will usually cause the animal to leave.
A “coyote shaker” made from placing pebbles or coins in an empty drink container can be an effective noisemaker. Noisemakers are often effective deterrents to coyotes, including air horns, banging pots and pans and homemade noisemakers.Once the coyote begins to move away, it is important to continue hazing efforts until the coyote has completely left the area. You may need to move towards the coyote and increase hazing if the animal does not immediately run away. Waving your arms in the air and yelling will usually get a coyote to retreat, unless there is a den with pups nearby.Visit the FWC Coyote Species Profile for additional information about coyote biology. Coyotes now live in every state but Hawaii. Removal activities such as hunting and trapping place pressure on coyote populations, and the species responds by reproducing at a younger age and producing more pups per litter populations can quickly return to their original size.Ĭoyotes are in Florida due to natural range expansion from western states. New coyotes move into areas where others have been removed. Removing coyotes for the purpose of eradication is an inefficient and ineffective method to control populations. Coyotes are native to North America, have been in Florida for many years, and will continue to make their homes around the state.
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