WARNING: PS: Coyote Attack - 3 year old little girl

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I'd report it to both the HOA and the City.  The more vocal you are, the more the HOA will take the matter seriously.  I don't think the Portola Springs HOA was all that concerned about this situation until the recent attacks in the past two weeks.  I reached out to their contact person in June about posting flyers re. coyotes in the community.  She said she would discuss it with the HOA board at their AUGUST meeting.  Apparently she didn't consider the matter to be urgent enough to warrant a discussion sooner.

In any case, they have now arranged a meeting to occur on July 22 to educate the residents about coyotes. I only learned about this through a follow up email with her.  So far I have not seen any formal notification from the HOA to PS residents about this meeting.

One thing I am wondering is if the transh bins in the community pool and park areas get emptied out at night.  I've seen HOA maintenance crew out collecting trash in early mornings.  If those bins are left full of trash overnight, the community is basically feeding these coyotes.
 
Maserson said:
We're in PS, our backyard wall is not solid but rather a fence. I just went out to clean the kids toys and found a coyote standing about 5 feet from our fence just nonchalantly staring at me.  It wandered into the brush after I did my best yelling hand waving dance.

Do I report this to the HOA or Irvine animal control?  I walked outside to warn my neighbor whose kids were riding their bikes outside.
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According to Paris and QWERTY you should give the coyote a big hug and bull doze your home to create more wilderness space.
 
I am not sure if it is legal to kill a coyote by yourself. But I often see or remember seeing warning signs about what to do when encountering a coyote and it does not in the least suggest taking offensive action.

In my mind I have this rule, if it stares at me from 20 feet away, I would give it a silent middle finger. If it comes to 15 feet, I would take defensive action, such as screaming for help or throwing a little dog that happens to be near by towards it. But if this thing dares to venture within 10 feet, I consider myself as having a license to kill. Screw all you animal lovers al city ordinance. A dead pest doesn't talk.

Now the only thing left to prepare me for that is to learn some karate chops.

I sized one up at the zoo in the park and gave  it two fingers. It looked away. So I think I am good.
 
iacrenter said:
Maserson said:
We're in PS, our backyard wall is not solid but rather a fence. I just went out to clean the kids toys and found a coyote standing about 5 feet from our fence just nonchalantly staring at me.  It wandered into the brush after I did my best yelling hand waving dance.

Do I report this to the HOA or Irvine animal control?  I walked outside to warn my neighbor whose kids were riding their bikes outside.
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According to Paris and QWERTY you should give the coyote a big hug and bull doze your home to create more wilderness space.
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I wouldn't mind if you guys did that. But i never said that.

Like Paris said, no point in furthering the discussion. You guys want to shoot to kill, animal lovers don't.
 
Ready2Downsize said:
qwerty said:
Who is god?
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God is the Creator of all things.

Specifically, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty". Revelation 1:8
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Yaliu07 February 05, 2015 i afraid that negative energy may affect my child's education. there are haunted houses.  there are halloween.  these are proof that ghost exists. i dont think there is a god house.  and i dont there there is a god holiday.  no proof that god exist. I thought christmas is santa.
 
Every once and a while, something makes packs of coyotes go crazy.  I've noticed it about 4-5 times when working late with the window open.  They get loud and there's lots of them.  It's really freaky sounding when all of them are making noise together.  Either something happened or maybe they are going to war with each other...

When those kids died after knotts scary farm last halloween on the 5 and sand canyon, there was an explosion and brush fire or something.  It really got the coyotes going.  It was really scary sounding for like at least 10 minutes.
 
Our Gang said:
Recent article:

The menacing wolf-coyote hybrids invading America's cities
http://theweek.com/articles/565499/menacing-wolfcoyote-hybrids-invading-americas-cities
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It seems that Irvine allows the use to firearms under extreme circumstances.
http://legacy.cityofirvine.org/services/categoryqna.asp?id=195#8220

Handgun and Firearm Regulations

The Discharge of Firearms within the City of Irvine limits is prohibited under Irvine Municipal Code 4-14-103. The municipal code section is detailed below:

Sec. 4-14-103. Discharge of firearms prohibited; exemptions.
A.    Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than peace officers and members of the armed forces and National Guard acting in their official line of duty, to shoot, fire or discharge, or for any person to cause or permit to be shot, fired or discharged, within the City, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or firearm, or BB gun, pellet gun and air rifle of any kind, except when it may be necessary to do so in order to protect life or property or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal.
 
Happiness said:
DFG is setting traps around Qwerty's house in response to neighbor reports of "cougar" activity.
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I'm pretty sure Q is friends with the coyote's.  How do you think he got into this country in the first place :)
 
aquabliss said:
Happiness said:
DFG is setting traps around Qwerty's house in response to neighbor reports of "cougar" activity.
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I'm pretty sure Q is friends with the coyote's.  How do you think he got into this country in the first place :)
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now i get a 30% referral fee

staying in the 1% is tough, need to diversify income streams :-)
 
Don't they sell dog whistles that can deter coyotes
Or air horns
Or maybe have something in the market that's high pitched and annoying like smoke detectors going off, I know dogs hates that
 
From Irvine PD:

Beginning tonight, the Irvine Police Department will be conducting high-intensity hazing of coyotes in residential areas surrounding Portola Springs.

In 2015, Irvine has experienced an alarming increase in unusual coyote behavior. While it is not uncommon for coyotes to target small pets, it is highly unusual for coyotes to engage human beings. This year, there have been several reported incidents of coyotes in Irvine approaching and engaging children. Recently, we received a report of a coyote biting the lower leg of an adult. These incidents all occurred in Portola Springs and surrounding areas, which are newly-developed and back up to large open spaces and wildlife corridors.

In response to this increase in human engagement,  our trained Animal Services personnel will be in the impacted areas beginning this evening. The Animal Services officers will use paintball markers to haze the coyotes and frighten them out of neighborhoods and areas where people, children, and pets regularly gather. These paintball markers are painted bright yellow and are similar to recreational paintball markers.

The purpose of this high-intensity hazing is to humanely discourage coyotes from entering neighborhoods and approaching humans. The paintballs will sting the animal, but will cause no permanent damage and is more humane that trapping and killing.

IPD reminds residents that personal use of paintball markers by residents against coyotes is prohibited by law. Our staff are trained and this law enforcement hazing activity is recognized by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).

Residents are asked to ensure that coyotes never have access to food. It is important to never intentionally or unintentionally feed coyotes, as this will encourage them to enter your neighborhood and change their natural behavior. Please remember to never intentionally leave food or table scraps out for wild animals. Put garbage in tightly-closed containers that cannot be tipped over. Remove sources of water, especially in dry climates. Bring pets in at night and do not leave pet food or water bowls outside. Pick up fallen fruit and cover compost piles, and please ask your neighbors to follow all of these tips.

If you should encounter a coyote, you can engage in hazing to frighten them away by yelling and shouting, stomping your feet, waiving your arms. If you have access to a stick or small rocks, you can swing or throw these to scare the coyote. Small pets should be picked up off the ground in the presence of coyotes.

If you have questions or would like to report a coyote sighting, please call the IPD Animal Services Unit at 949-724-7000. You can also report coyote sightings using the City of Irvine Access Irvine App. Learn more here:http://www.cityofirvine.org/live/access-irvine-city-app

The primary goal of IPD is to keep our residents safe. We will continue close partnership with CDFW and hope this high-intensity hazing will help to address the coyote issue in the most humane way.
 
bones said:
The Animal Services officers will use paintball markers to haze the coyotes
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Let's just hope they don't grab the wrong weapon like they did in Oklahoma. :)

#Coyotelifematter
 
Wow a lot of police driving around PP tonight.  Saw one animal control truck and 2 Ford Explorers within a half mile.

Not sure if they found any coyotes though!
 
I heard a PP resident on Cloudbreak has a rooster and some chickens couped up in their backyeard.

Talk about coyote-bait..........
 
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