Last night the coyotes were yipping away. Don't like them at all as they'll go by the house in daylight.
We have black bears and I'd rather have one of them around then a coyote. At least when my dog barks, a bear will hightail it.
Young man in the next town over was severly injured by a coyote when he tried to save his cat from an attack.
Sheep farmers around here keep donkeys because that seems to be the only animal a coyote is afraid of. I want a donkey.