URBAN & RURAL COYOTES

Today's K-W Record carrys a story about the proliferation of coyotes within the boundaries of Kitchener and Waterloo. The title is "Urban coyotes put scare into city dwellers". The picture included shows children and adults at Meinzinger Park in Kitchener looking at both deer and coyotes tracks , by the swing set. This picture brought back memories for me as my two children both used those very same swing sets a couple of decades ago. Coyotes have also been spotted at Westmount Golf Course and the Stanley park area of kitchener. Again two decades ago I saw a coyote just off of Victoria St. near the very old Blue Springs swimming hole. Also I've seen a couple while here in Woolwich Township. One was in a field near West Montrose and the other, one early morning outside of Hawkesville. Like deer I believe that they are now just about everywhere only they are even better than deer at staying out of sight. As far as safety, the authorities are suggesting that residents neither intentionally nor unintentionally feed coyotes. Unintentional would include leaving dogfood in bowls outside for your pet and also be careful about letting your cats and small dogs run loose in areas where coyotes may be present. Obviously with or without coyotes, small children should always be closely supervised.