Originally posted by WildlifeBiologist:
Tim, using dogs, donkeys, fencing tricks, weed control, etc to protect your livestock is like putting armed guards around the next World Trade Centers to stop terrorism. You must attack the predator problem at its SOURCE. Doesn't matter whether its feral hogs, wild dogs or coyotes you need to get an experienced trapper to evaluate the kills and identify the problem animal...then hit them where they live, before they get to your pens. Traps work while you sleep and are proven to be the most effective ongoing conrol known to property management. Forget the search for the one-shot remedies and find a great local trapper who will stay with you. More help if you want when I get home tomorrow.
Dan VS
Dan VS, I fully understand the SOURCE of the coyote problem and traps are �sometimes� a temporary solution to a long term problem, especially for Tim�s problem.
Coyotes live in the cities, in the country and everywhere in between.
Their reproduction is controlled by the amount of forage available, whether from city garbage cans, pet food containers, household pets, or numbers of rabbits and small critters avalable .
I live in the city with a creek in my backyard, and coyotes range up and down the creek � they don�t �live� in one area.
Several pets have been killed and eaten in peoples�s back yards.
We have seen them numerous times.
The city has a �professional trapper� that sets �noose� traps along the creek and has been unable to control them.
As mentioned in my earlier post, my son raises Boer goats in a coyote and bobcat ridden rural area.
He has two Great Pyrenees livestock guard dogs with a herd of about 50 goats.
He has NEVER lost a goat.
Tim, sorry a bout your loss.
I would surely check into the BIG dogs for a long-term solution.
