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Appearance:A Coyotes resemble
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a small,lean German shep-
herd.Their fur is long,coarse
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bushy tails and long,erect ears.
Color: Mostly gray,with a light
A gray or white belly.
Weight:An adult female
weighs about 25 pounds; an
adult ,about 30 pounds.
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Sounds: In autumn,coyotes
Renee Jones/Star Tribune are vocal.They howl or bark
ieptember,Jess Carsello's dog Jack returned from the wooded area behind Carsello's house in Eagan with a alone or in groups.Younger
ody face. It was determined that Jack had been bitten by an animal larger than a raccoon,most likely a coyote. coyotes have higher voices.
Diet:Rabbits,hares,skunks,
oyote attacks leave dogs, cats hurt— or worse ratsssmice,r ruffed
weagroes deer,grass k
and berries.Given the chance,
Donna Halvorsen tions,because it's just an animal that their movement is detected. they will kill sheep and poultry.
:r Tribune Staff Writer we don't keep track of that closely," Earlier this month, Minnetonka Range:Adult female,about
Lueth said. police advised residents not to leave 6 square miles.Adult males
Coyote attacks, such as those on In Eagan,police have received 33 their cats or small dogs unsupervised may share the territory of two
dogs in Eagan recently, are un- citizen complaints about coyotes this because of what appeared to be an in- or more females.
ial, but coyotes exist all over the year,and since September five dogs crease in the coyote population there.
in Cities area and are not danger- have been attacked.All were injured Police also warned against feeding.the Source:Minnesota DNR
s to humans,according to the state badly enough to require veterinary animals and encouraged residents to
partment of Natural Resources. care,said officer Jennifer Ruby.In ad- secure their garbage cans. i
"Coyotes are well established in the dition,,coyotes killed a dog,and a cat Gay Caflisch of Eagan said a coyote
Vitro area,"said Bryan Lueth,urban in the city last year. killed his family's 13-year-old beagle, Q "
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dlife specialist in the department. AppleValley hired trappers two years Lucy.His wife saw the coyote run into n = -.- .-.---
picture of an animal on the ice on ago to capture about 15 coyotes in awet- the woods behind their house.That 35E
ce Harriet tends to tell you they're land area near CedarAvenue and release was shortly after a cat was killed two
Bund." them in a private wilderness area.The blocks away. y o Diffley Rd., ,
That happened two years ago, city acted after coyotes attacked a black Callisch said he later saw a coyote Coyotes seen to 77M� 1
en a Minneapolis Park Board em- Lab and a golden retriever,said code en- cross his back yard and another walk wooded.areas,
of Eagan.
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iyee photographed the animal on forcementofficerMichael Hammerstad. down the street in front of his house, - __._.__ _._..E,._ .
:ice to confirm that it was a coyote, The dogs survived. both in'daylight. He said he doesn't '
Aly,shaggy animal that looks like Complaints from that area think all coyotes prey on pets,but he's
mall German shepherd and kills stopped,Hammerstad said,but now an about the ones that do."I think rvvin
P PP angry Cities'
Ler animals,including pets. they're growing in other areas,espe- they're looking for them,just for sport,
Many coyotes have been spot- cially near the Eagan-Apple Valley because they don't eat them,"he said. MILE
l in the metro area since then,but border. Hammerstad said the city
mbers are elusive."We don't reallybought a motion camera to set u in Donna Halvorsen is at Source- Detail
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ve a good handle on total popula- those areas,photographing coyotes as dhalvorsen@startribune.com.
Wednesday,December 15 2004