Coyotes howling in the Point?
People in Point St. Charles have been spotting coyotes in their streets and hearing them howl at night. According to reports they don’t pose much of a threat to people, but they have been known to attack and kill cats and small dogs.
I’m boggled. The Point is solidly urbanized on 3 sides and faces the river on the 4th. Are the animals getting into town along railway lines?
Veronik 14:39 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
It’s quite likely – they’ve also been spotted in our neighborhood of Beaconsfield South, just below the railway line.
AH 15:21 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
My mum recently moved to the Pointe and the skunks, raccoons, birds and crickets are out in numbers we’ve never seen anywhere else on the island. We believe that it’s a combo of the abandoned lots and the residents’ carelessness about putting out garbage. goes to show that it dosen’t take much for wildlife to take hold. But those overgrown, untended lots naturally create far better habitat that pruned city parks.
Kevin 16:36 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
oooh. I can tell you lots of stories about encounters with coyotes in Vancouver.
You’ll probably find people are feeding the animals because coyotes look like they are starving compared to your average dog.
They like to chow down on cats and small dogs, and may nip at an infant. In Vancouver they were put down and found to have cheeseburgers and chicken wings in their stomachs.
I bet you will see lots of signs up for missing cats.
Ian 17:24 on 2012/09/03 Permalink
There’s been rabbits, rats, and foxes along those rail lines for years, also in Saint Henri. As the climate warms up, coyotes move north. There have been coyotes in Toronto for over a decade now.
walkerp 05:40 on 2012/09/04 Permalink
Coyote populations have been on the increase across north america, as they are one of the lucky few animal species that has learned to benefit rather than suffer by man’s encroachment on their territory.
Doobsies 15:13 on 2012/09/04 Permalink
Between the rail yard and the Technoparc, there’s a lot of “no man’s land” abutting the Point. And I’ll bet the coyotes like it that way.
Cecil 15:15 on 2012/10/25 Permalink
I came face to face with one last week. It was creeping behind me and my little wiener dog. Once we spotted it, it sat and stayed there, looking intensely at the dog. It followed us a bit, but stopped when we got too close to the football teams practicing on the field. It looked like it would’ve kept following us other wise, it wasn’t scared of a lone human at all.