Safety & Coexistence

What to do when a coyote shows up in your yard, on your trail, or near your dog. Deterrents that work, hazing that works, and the reality behind the attack statistics.

I spent eight years watching urban packs in the Phoenix suburbs. Almost everything that frightens people about coyotes turns out to be ordinary behavior once you know what you are looking at — and the few things that genuinely warrant action are not the ones people worry about.