How can you protect your cat or dog from coyotes?
Here are some things you can do to prevent your cat or dog from being attacked by a coyote.
- Keep small pets (cats, small dogs and other pets) indoors from dusk until dawn. Or keep pets in a coyote-proof yard, area or cage from dusk until dawn.
- Install a fence or convert your fence to prevent coyotes from entering your yard.
- Feed your pets indoors. If you feed them outdoors do so only during the day. NEVER leave pet food out at night.
- Make sure your trash is not left outside in bags and that all trash cans have secure lids with locking mechanisms. Secure the cans to a fence or wall with rope or elastic cord so the trash can’t be tipped over.
- Install motion sensor lights in your backyard and around your house.
- Don’t leave fruit, berries or compost on the ground or uncovered.
- Don’t overflow bird feeders. Hang them high or in areas that are not accessible to coyotes.
- NEVER feed coyotes.
- You can install one or more 7 foot or higher posts with a platform at the top for cats to use as an escape from coyotes. The posts need to be made of a material that the cats can climb. When being chased by a predator a cat can climb the post and sit on the platform until it’s safe to descend and the coyote is gone.
- Clear brush and vegetation to remove habitat for small animals that may attract coyotes and to remove areas where coyotes can hide while stalking their prey.
- Always keep pets on a leash when walking in parks, forest areas or in residential areas.
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