Coyote Conflicts – By Ellin Iselin

As residential development sprawls into the suburbs, complaints of contact with coyotes increases. Chattanooga, Tenn. resident Jerry Peyton has been noticing a trend for a year now and wrote in an e-mail, “Actually we have a family of coyotes that live in the neighborhood. It’s not that we are anti coyote, but the frisky little devils scare the folks and their kids.” Mr. Peyton pointed out that coyotes are becoming a “serious national problem!”