TORONTO, Ont. – A coyote roaming around Neville Park in the beaches area has left a small dog dead, according to a Toronto Star report.
The victim was a small Maltese dog named Cujo, and reports indicate the dog was attacked Wednesday night at around 11 p.m.
The dog’s owner later spotted the dog limping and took him to the vet where had to be put down.
In 2009, a Chihuahua was taken from her backyard in the Neville Park area, and residents say several cats have gone missing over several years.
Last spring residents in the area videotaped a coyote playing with a pair of golden retrievers through a fence.
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Look out people of Toronto the big bad coyotes are coming , you and the people of joakville. Watch out for those nasty racoons too. Oh no whats that look at the teeth and claws its a squirrel
aaaaah run for it. LOL
Black Bears do not have the proper habitat in Toronto, so its highly unlikely you will see them in Toronto. Also, yes.. sure there.. coyotes only “came” into the city in 2009. And it was only ONE of them. I see how your thinking goes. They will always be here so perhaps a bubble is the best option for you.
The best policy is not to ignore the issue, but to recognize the growing seriousness of it, and not wait until kids get bitten. Toronto Animal Services has stated that so far no kids have been bitten in Toronto. Great. Check out Oakville. Since technically its not part of Toronto, TAS is correct. We can then assume that the coyotes in Toronto are more friendly, less hungry, and therefore less of a threat than those of Oakville? Seems like the city is willing to take that risk and we’re supposed to just go along with it.
Animal Services is too busy selling cat licenses and is mostly made up of Animal rights activists so they cater to that agenda…they could care less for the safety of Torontonians.
There’s licensed trappers out there that can catch these varmint. Coyote is open all season in Southern, Ontario. So they are legal for harvest year round.
Don, maybe we should all pack up and leave our homes cus the animals were here first.
The coyotes and other wildlife were here long before you were. I suggest learning some stuff including how to live together with them instead of thinking “killing them off” will do anything! BTW, you don’t want to welcome them? Then you need to start by removing all creeks, streams and trees from the city.
Let’s correct the timeline. Cujo the dead Maltese arrives in the neighbourhood in 2004. Coyote arrives in 2009 and starts attacking and killing wild animals and domestic pets. In 2013, after following the city’s policy of ‘co-existing’, Cujo is forced into non existence by the coyote who is still exists.
It is very clear that the coyote was NOT here first, and also pretty clear that coyotes don’t belong in the city or our neighbourhood. Shall we invite the black bears and cougars into our city to coexist with us?
First order of business Monday morning will be Adam Vaughan declaring a ban on ALL wildlife in the GTA. To quote Mr. Vaughan “If there’s no wildlife then there can be no fear of wildlife, nor will these senseless killings continue”..
Hey Remember it is against the law to harm or kill wildlife in Ontario. Coyotes are part of the Eco-system, they may attack the odd house pet left unattended, but they more commonly eat rat’s and mice. Be a responsible pet owner, a Coyote would be very very unlikely to attack a small dog that was accompanied by a human. Killing a Coyote for being in the city is a mentality that I thought had passed 30 years ago. Its ignorant and close minded.
read up on the Hunting regulations for Ontario before you make such ridiculous statements.
You been hanging around Toronto and liberalism is making you feel as an urban dwelling superior
Who’s saying kill the coyote, although canines that kill other canines get put down. Don’t assume residents of the neighbourhood want that. We want it removed humanely asap.
I can assure you that this small dog was accompanied by a human, so it is not very very unlikely that the coyote would not attack if the pet owner is present. The coyote in the Neville Park area has killed many other wild and domestic animals over the 3 years that it has been here and will continue to do so if left to roam freely about.
Coyotes do not belong in the city.
No.. YOU do not belong in THEIR home!
I hate to point this out to you Don, but humans are part of the eco-system too. We belong here. These are our homes. Would you tolerate a rat infestation in your house? (for all I know YOU might)
The coyote has proven itself a threat, it should be removed. We, as a society, do it to humans proven to be a threat, and to other animals who attack, dogs included.
Grow up.
Alright.. let’s just go knock down and pave over the rest of the forests and wooded areas then complain that all the wildlife is bothering our way of living. YOU should grow up.
Coyotes aren’t interested in “co-existing” with you. Nature doesn’t work like that. Coyotes that encroach aggressively and repeatedly in urban environments need to be put down. It’s. That. Simple. Misguided “environmentalists” and city-idiots take heed. The folks in “bear country” deal with bears in a similar fashion. Educate yourselves.
Exactly. I can’t believe these urban liberals think that hunting or harvesting an animal in Ontario is not permitted. Last time I heard, there were hunters, fisher, trappers in the province.
Co existing means that we all let each other live. The coyotes don’t understand this concept so don’t suggest coexistence as a policy that might work. Its a one sided arrangement.
I think you got that statement messed up, do you really mean “humans that encroach aggressively and repeatedly in rural environments need to …….” ?
The latest coyote attack didnt occur in a rural area. It was in the city. Not a place that should be welcoming coyotes.
You want to stop welcoming wildlife? Then you need to start by removing all the trees, rivers, creeks and streams from the city.
Read the note carefully. Coyotes that attack and kill our pets, and threaten the safety of our children should not be welcome.
The spotted dog put the vet down? Sorry, you lost me.
Here are some good reading about coyote:
And for those who think it is not a big deal, just do a search: Coyote in Ontario
you will see all the attacks and death done by the coyote in the new headlines.
Coyote attacks on humans are uncommon and rarely cause serious injuries, due to the relatively small size of the coyote, but have been increasingly frequent, especially in the state of California. In the 30 years leading up to March 2006, at least 160 attacks occurred in the United States, mostly in the Los Angeles County area. Data from the USDA’s Wildlife Services, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other sources show that while 41 attacks occurred during the period of 1988–1997, 48 attacks were verified from 1998 through 2003. The majority of these incidents occurred in Southern California near the suburban-wildland interface.
In the absence of the harassment of coyotes practiced by rural people, urban coyotes are losing their fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally or unintentionally feeding coyotes. In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans, chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children.Nonrabid coyotes in these areas will sometimes target small children, mostly under the age of 10, though some adults have been bitten.
Although media reports of such attacks generally identify the animals in question as simply “coyotes”, research into the genetics of the eastern coyote indicates those involved in attacks in northeast North America, including Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and eastern Canada, may have actually been coywolves, hybrids of Canis latrans and Canis lupus, not fully coyotes.
I know everyone will be in a panic but I really don’t see what the big deal is, no reason to have your little dog loose in the park at 11 pm anyway, if the owner had it on leash then crisis averted.
And as for the stray cats, as sad as it is to say, at least there’s something out there keeping the population in check. I’d rather the police roam the city looking for dangerous criminals and not a harmless coyote.
Plus depending on how you read the report does it even say that the person saw a coyote? or did the dog just return after the attack, could have been another dog not a coyote.
The story is misleading. The dog was in the backyard with the owner when the coyote rushed out of the bushes and snatched up the dog in its jaws and carried him about 100 feet. The owner chased after the coyote yelling. The coyote released the dog after wounding it through extensive bites. Then the dog limped towards the owner. There was not park. There was no lack of supervision. There was as hungry, coyote hunting for prey in the middle of a city neighbourhood. Wasnt the first time and wasnt the last unless something is done.
A few years ago a small dog was taken by a coyote. That was in the Pickering area and the dog was ON A LEASH. Coyotes have lost their fear of people. Also one of the coyotes in Scarborough is huge. I believe he is a Coywolf. They are much bigger than regular coyotes. Remember the young lady killed in Cape Breton? The only way to be sure that coyotes, foxes, wolves etc survive is to ensure that they maintain a healthy fear of people. They are essential in the food chain to control rodents etc. We need an effort to keep them out of the city.
Knowing people in the beaches.. they probably just assumed.
And where are the tree huggers who were screaming because the police killed the other coyote earlier? this is why now imagine if this had been a little child instead of a little dog?
You would leave your child unattended at a park at 11pm?
Read the rest of the posts so you can gain a more clear picture of the situation. No park. No unattended.
Here I am! What are you going to do? Go and kill all the wildlife you see? What was the dog roaming free anyways? Especially with the recent spottings of Coyotes I think the dog owner in this case was quite careless. Give it up! It’s a fact of life, we live with wild animals and they live with us. If you can’t see that then go live in a bubble with all others that think all coyotes in urban areas should be shot. Hey just the other day a fox roamed past my house .. perhaps I should of shot it because it just MIGHT attack an animal? Or perhaps what if that DOG attacked a child? Should we shoot that dog? Ya .. I thought so.
The dog was not ‘roaming free’ as you put it. It was 10 feet from it’s owner, being watched every second. Your input is hurtful and wrong. Please stop posting on this story. Thank you.
Sorry but “10 feet” from it’s owner and unleashed is being free. Seems the owner wasn’t careful enough. Simple as that!
Okay. Now we know you believe that that wild animals should be allowed to run around in our back yards, and playgrounds while we cower in fear and hide. My heart bleeds for the coyote, who seems unharmed (and should remain so but be removed) but my heart aches for the dog who was minding his own business, in his own yard, and now won’t bleed anymore cus he’s dead.
The answer will be not to kill all the coyotes but rather be as smart as them and learn to co-exist. No different than the folks that have to cautious in bear country. The coyote is an extremely clever, gorgeous animal and belongs in Ontario woodscapes. Keeping the dogs on a lead and in at dusk and not out before dawn is a good place to start.
I agree. They belong in woodscapes. Unfortunately the coyote in our neighbourhood runs through our backyards, jumps fences and attacks what it can. Neville Park is a street, not a wooded ravine. Its a collection of houses build in a valley. There is no stream, no forest, no wilderness. It’s an urban area.
Well then let’s all pack up and leave North America because the animals were here first. I invite you to be the first to go.
I couldn’t agree with you more here!