Description
A coyote has been living on the trail behind First Ave and Canal Lane for at least 3 months. The trail is quite busy with walkers, bikers, dogs, young children. I can see the field that it lives in from my house and often see the coyote walking. I have stopped walking my dog along that trail since the coyote has crossed within feet of us. Just last week I could see the coyote just sitting on the edge of the trail. Had to turn around and warn other dog walkers to do the same.
The coyote killed a neighbor's cat last week. Many neighbors have contacted the city of Walnut Creek, Animal Control and Fish and Wildlife and are basically told there is nothing that they can do, we should make a lot of noise and chase it off. With so many young children, dogs and cats in the area that doesn't seem to be a reasonable solution. I saw someone with a young child walking through the field recently, it would be quite unfortunate for an attack to happen before anything is done. Those that live here are aware of the coyote and are on alert but there are so many people passing through the area that have no idea and have dogs and children with them
See pictures of the response a neighbor received from CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife dated 12/31/2021
4 Comments
Acknowledged Matthew W (Verified Official)
Tobe (Registered User)
I have contacted the Fish and Wildlife Dept on several occasions going back for more than 3 months. Their replies have been useless. They won't do anything. Today itself I spoke to a supervisor who literally told me that their policy is to do nothing unless a person is attacked / bitten, which they say is unlikely. They don't care how many domestic animals it kills.
Here is the info of the people I have reported this to at Fish and Wildlife who are on notice about this and when some person or child does get attacked, should be held responsible for their and F&W's inaction. This is a problem waiting to happen.
Rebecca.Carniello@wildlife.ca.gov
Supervisor: John Krause 415-454-8050; john.krause@wildlife.ca.gov.
Larkey Walker (Registered User)
Closed Matthew W (Verified Official)