On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:44:36 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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"JT" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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Almost unbelievable for around here...
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1149776.html

According to the article, there's a slightly larger breed than in other
places. We certainly have the normal-sized coyote around here. They look
sort of like scruffy dogs, but not quite a dog. The only thing that
scares me about them is that they might go after a local dog. My cat
just goes up a tree and hisses. Sometimes they come in the back when I'm
in the hottub, but they split as soon as I turn on a light. I saw one
once on the freeway entrance ramp during the day, but it looked like it
was sick or injured.

The biggest problems we have are with local black bears (mostly the
scare factor) and raccoons that get into everything, including the house
once.

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Nom=de=Plume

I stopped to let a couple cross the road 6 or 7 years ago coming back
from a local yacht squadron.
The lead one was quite big...like a large German Shephard but with a
longer body. He looked a lot like that Wiley Coyote character in the
cartoons.
It would be quite scary to run into an aggressive one in the wilderness.


If the animal was the size of a German Shepard, it was most likely an
adult wolf with young in toe...

It would definitely be scary!

JT

I saw a wolf in the wild once. We were on horseback at one end of a small
valley. The wolf was at the other end. As soon as we came out of the trees,
s/he split. I can imagine that a mom would be quite aggressive to any
perceived threat.

Not really. When wolves perceive something as being a threat to
their young, they eat their young immediately.