Comments on: The Great Griffith Park Coyote Massacre of 2009

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:04:53 +0000

Hi Donna, Based on what I have seen…Yes, seems like males meeting males and hiking up in the trails after they meet. They make it quite obvious also,that they are meeting.

What they do afterward, I have no clue.

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:41:06 +0000

Thanks for this, Will.

There seems to be absolutely no info on the first “incident”, and that guy didn’t even go to the hospital. I suspect homeless, in at least one of these alleged attacks, too.

Is this a gay pickup area? I wouldn’t know, and LA is way too politically correct to actually suggest that anywhere. If anyone here knows that, as someone here suggested, info would be appreciated.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:31:44 +0000

HEY GUYS! SPREAD THE WORD! THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ABOUT A TOWN MEEING THAT WILL BE HELD ON THIS SUBJECT. WE ARE THEIR VOICE SO PLEASE ATTEND! WE CAN HELP SAVE THE FUTURE COYOTES.

Councilman LaBonge’s office said that they are holding a public information meeting on what occurred at Griffith Park Tuesday, Sept 29 at 6:30 at the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church, 650 Micheltorena St,Los Angeles, CA 90026-3623.)

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By: bsn5750

bsn5750 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:15:36 +0000

Team Coyote here, too. I witnessed one galloping (do coyotes gallop?) down my street early yesterday morning. So cool!

By: WILL CAMPBELL

WILL CAMPBELL — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:57:41 +0000

Park makes a good point — especially about being insensitive to the tragedies of others. But suggesting that the victim whose foot was allegedly bitten could have easily been a napping baby is pushing things a tad. This wasn’t someone dozing next to Shane’s Inspiration on a busy Saturday afternoon. And as to the proximity of coyotes to humans, we’re ultimately responsible for that habituation: whether we’re catching some zzzs alone in the park after dark, or intentionally feeding them.

The best thing we can do if and when we come into any close contact with a coyote is to reinforce the animal’s natural wariness of us. Make noise and big gestures. Move toward it. Doing that may very well prevent the next foot from being nipped and Fish & Game from calling in the trapper/killers to slaughter the next batch.

By: park parkour

park parkour — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:19:48 +0000

1. A park is to be enjoyed for whatever purpose. It is ridiculous to fault a guy taking a nap as tho he were doing something wrong. In fact, the man’s report did a service – what if it had been a baby napping? Park authorities need to know when coyotes are foraging too close to humans. It’s a recipe for tragedy.

2. Coyote nibbling on foot is a sign of hunger – not an attack on the sleeping man. The guy didn’t lose his foot – he just reported the coyote’s lack of fear of man.

3. Snarky comments about coyotes eating pocket dogs and jokes at Jessica Simpson’s expense are cruel. People love their pets in a deep and emotional way – it is devastating when they are killed. Just because she is a celebutard does not mean she doesn’t deserve the same sensitivity in this case as if someone you knew personally had lost their pet.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:19:42 +0000

This is all Jessica Simpson’s fault.

By: WALT!

WALT! — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:50:36 +0000

That coyote was probably preventing a brush fire. Didn’t a homeless guy’s cigarette set off the last major fire there?

True men don’t kill Coyotes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7M0oqJR08

By: frazgo

frazgo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:31:09 +0000

Sigh…animal control just doesn’t get it sometimes. Control doesn’t mean kill them off. If worse came to worse moving them to a new location that is underpopulated is the better solution.