Have you guys heard about this? [Archive]

Tmall

10-31-2009, 04:28 PM

A young woman was attacked by coyotes in the cape breton highlands national park (the cabot trail circles it) and died from her injuries. I believe it's the first recorded death by coyotes in canada.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/coyotes-attack-kill-canadian-singer-taylor-mitchell-worry/story?id=8962189

karl_1052

10-31-2009, 05:21 PM

it is only going to happen more.
I had one in my fenced in backyard in the middle of Ottawa(kms from any bush)

Dave

10-31-2009, 06:33 PM

how dare she interfere with those noble creatures. I hope shes prosecuted to the full extent allowable by law.

Mikey

10-31-2009, 10:15 PM

Mr Lefty

10-31-2009, 10:20 PM

See, if she'd been carrying a firearm this never would have happened. ;)

Still, that's amazing. I've never been afraid of coyotes- I can't fathom a pack desperate or brave enough to try to take on an adult.

hard to say... if they were willing to attack a human... I'd guess they were starving... and she'd have to have killed a couple before they'd take off if that's the case...

I read an account in a hunting magazine where a pack of wolves (yeah I know more aggressive by nature) attacked a guy. he was armed and he killed 4 before the rest (about 5 more) fled... lucky as he only had a round left in his clip...

CrazyKell

10-31-2009, 10:21 PM

It wasn't the first recorded death (second I believe) but it's incredibly rare.

Odd thing is I read about this in a UK paper before I heard about it in Canada.

marko138

11-02-2009, 10:44 AM

Coyotes!

http://17.media.tumblr.com/X6pnpwdzPi3d3f1nppEZmgzio1_400.gif

Rider

11-02-2009, 10:47 AM

We shoot them on sight. No joke. Fuck those little bastards.

z06boy

11-02-2009, 10:54 AM

Yeah I heard about this last week. I've never heard of Coyotes attacking...especially killing a human. We have them around here too but usually it's just your cat or small dog you have to worry about.

Papa_Complex

11-02-2009, 10:54 AM

it is only going to happen more.
I had one in my fenced in backyard in the middle of Ottawa(kms from any bush)

People in the neighbourhood think I'm nuts for saying it, but I saw one running through our parking lot in Brampton. I don't know why they think we can't have them here if they've been reported in The Beaches, just outside downtown Toronto.

Apoc

11-02-2009, 11:14 AM

it is only going to happen more.
I had one in my fenced in backyard in the middle of Ottawa(kms from any bush)

The thing is, TMall and I grew up in a place where coyotes are more common than most game. They never attack people, and are usually scared to death. You can always hear them howl, but aside from deer and rabit, they stay out of sight.

Of course they hunt in packs. But its unheard of for them to hunt humans. They really are cowardly animals.

karl_1052

11-02-2009, 12:23 PM

The thing is, TMall and I grew up in a place where coyotes are more common than most game. They never attack people, and are usually scared to death. You can always hear them howl, but aside from deer and rabit, they stay out of sight.

Of course they hunt in packs. But its unheard of for them to hunt humans. They really are cowardly animals.

does that mean Speed Addiction is part coyote?:skep:

Sean

11-02-2009, 12:36 PM

Every time I've seen a coyote it was solitary. Do they generally hunt in packs?

They're pretty common around here. People get their stupid little purebred fuzzball dogs eaten by them when they escape their purses.

Tmall

11-02-2009, 01:05 PM

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/behavior/Spring2004/holmberg/Holmberg4.html

They're pack animals..

CrazyKell

11-02-2009, 01:11 PM

I've seen them on every farm I've ever worked on. They're all over the city now too. I don't let the dogs out at night alone. Too risky where they live.

RACER X

11-02-2009, 01:17 PM

people down here mate wolves w/ domestic dogs and keep them as pets......makes no sense to me.

http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86717&highlight=wolf

Apoc

11-02-2009, 01:38 PM

does that mean Speed Addiction is part coyote?:skep:

Shhhh.... If you say his name 3 times, he will appear.

Apoc

11-02-2009, 01:40 PM

people down here mate wolves w/ domestic dogs and keep them as pets......makes no sense to me.

Makes no sense to me either, why ruin a perfectly good breed of wolf and make it half dog?

Ive heard stories of pet wolves among the natives when i worked up in northern Alberta years ago. No idea if its true or not, but damn what an impressive animal they would be to own!

marko138

11-02-2009, 01:52 PM

No lie some lady had a pet alligator with her at the party I was at Saturday. She was trying to get it to bite people. :wtf:

Dave

11-02-2009, 01:55 PM

Makes no sense to me either, why ruin a perfectly good breed of wolf and make it half dog?

Ive heard stories of pet wolves among the natives when i worked up in northern Alberta years ago. No idea if its true or not, but damn what an impressive animal they would be to own!

they dont make good pets. Imagine a giant dog that marks no matter what and can never be brought into public or in the company of guests.

Apoc

11-02-2009, 02:02 PM

they dont make good pets. Imagine a giant dog that marks no matter what and can never be brought into public or in the company of guests.

Well, you wont find any 'Public' in northern alberta. Its a frozen wasteland, with small native villages.

Im sure through generations of breeding, you can get the wild temper out of them.

but, as I said, they are stories, and probably have little truth to them.

CrazyKell

11-02-2009, 02:05 PM

No lie some lady had a pet alligator with her at the party I was at Saturday. She was trying to get it to bite people. :wtf:

I'd make her leave the party or I'd be leaving. She's messed up.

Papa_Complex

11-02-2009, 02:07 PM

I'd make her leave the party or I'd be leaving. She's messed up.

And if it actually did bite someone, it would be one very dead pet alligator.

Apoc

11-02-2009, 02:07 PM

No lie some lady had a pet alligator with her at the party I was at Saturday. She was trying to get it to bite people. :wtf:

are we talking about an alligator, or a baby alligator?

I cant see too many people running loose with 14 foot lizards that chomp large animals for fun. Small ones are pretty cool though.

CrazyKell

11-02-2009, 02:09 PM

are we talking about an alligator, or a baby alligator?

Small ones are pretty cool though.

At a party? Maybe as HER housepet but at a party out and about? Fluck that noise!

Apoc

11-02-2009, 02:11 PM

At a party? Maybe as HER housepet but at a party out and about? Fluck that noise!

they are a few feet long and harmless when their young. No different than taking a dog out in public. Any dog could bite, right?

Just saying, theres different degrees of ridiculous. If it was small and harmless, and maybe went with her costume, why not?

Flexin

11-02-2009, 02:13 PM

people down here mate wolves w/ domestic dogs and keep them as pets......makes no sense to me.

http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86717&highlight=wolf

My grandfather had a dog that was half Husky and half Wolf. His name was Bandit. He was a great dog.

My cousin would walk it with a chain that was about the size of the ones I use to chain down a 3.5 ton excavator to a trailer.

James

marko138

11-02-2009, 02:16 PM

are we talking about an alligator, or a baby alligator?

I cant see too many people running loose with 14 foot lizards that chomp large animals for fun. Small ones are pretty cool though.
Well it was a baby, but at some point it will be large. She claimed like 7 or 8 feet. GTFO with that shit. I didn't get near it.

t-homo

11-02-2009, 02:28 PM

I would let it bite me and sue her ass.

Apoc

11-02-2009, 02:32 PM

Well it was a baby, but at some point it will be large.

Ya, at some point in its life, not some point in the party.

That little fella would have a hard time to break your skin. You'd probably have to let him chew for a while.

marko138

11-02-2009, 02:35 PM

Ya, at some point in its life, not some point in the party.

That little fella would have a hard time to break your skin. You'd probably have to let him chew for a while.
Unless this alligator was on some hardcore growth hormone type of shit. We dont know what they are feeding this creature.

karl_1052

11-02-2009, 02:38 PM

they dont make good pets. Imagine a giant dog that marks no matter what and can never be brought into public or in the company of guests.

BS.

The main problem with wolves as pets is that they will howl, no matter what.
My aunt had a timber wolf named Bandit. He was all legs. At 10 months(the only time I saw him), he was hip high on me at the shoulders and was a great pet. He would play gentle or rough, depending on who was playing with him.
He did not mark anywhere, and he was fine in public.
The reason they had to give him up was because of the howling. It is not like a dog howling, wolves are freaking loud. He could be heard miles away.

He was born in the Calagary Zoo, and after my aunt had him, he ended up going to the Papanak Zoo(http://www.papanack.com) and has since been moved to a zoo somewhere in the US.

Flexin

11-02-2009, 02:42 PM

Papa_Complex

11-02-2009, 03:34 PM

BS.

The main problem with wolves as pets is that they will howl, no matter what.
My aunt had a timber wolf named Bandit. He was all legs. At 10 months(the only time I saw him), he was hip high on me at the shoulders and was a great pet. He would play gentle or rough, depending on who was playing with him.
He did not mark anywhere, and he was fine in public.
The reason they had to give him up was because of the howling. It is not like a dog howling, wolves are freaking loud. He could be heard miles away.

He was born in the Calagary Zoo, and after my aunt had him, he ended up going to the Papanak Zoo(http://www.papanack.com) and has since been moved to a zoo somewhere in the US.

I don't think that there are many absolutes, when you start to mix breeds. I knew a guy down in Huntsville, AL who claimed that his dog was half husky and half wolf (and it looked the part). The dog was mild tempered and would take a fair bit of abuse from his owner, without so much as a snap. I never heard the dog make more than a couple of quiet wuffs during the week that I was there. It was prone to escaping and roaming the neighbourhood though.

HurricaneHeather

11-02-2009, 03:43 PM

Dude, there are coyotes roaming around the trail behind our house. The first time I saw them(also the first time I'd ever seen a coyote at all) they were in a pack of about 5 and I nearly peed my pants I was so scared. My husband tried to tell me they would never attack a human.

I'm not walking back there anymore. :panic:

Tsunami

11-02-2009, 04:18 PM

I saw my first coyote Saturday. I was leaving my friends house around 3am and i saw 2 animals bouncing along on the other side of the street. Thinking they were strays i slowed the car down and the 2 coyotes stopped and looked right at me. They were beautiful, but i realized that they were coyotes and not stray house dogs and kept going.

Well i was lost and then about 5 minutes later came back down that road and saw coyote remnants. No blood, but it looked like a chunk of flesh or tail.

z06boy

11-02-2009, 04:31 PM

Well it was a baby, but at some point it will be large. She claimed like 7 or 8 feet. GTFO with that shit. I didn't get near it.

Yes and she's the type of dumbazz I hear about from time to time that buys something like that because it's so cute but then ot gets too big to feed/handle and care for so they take it out to a local lake like we have here and turn it loose. It will end up biting/killing someone or eating someones pet or die because it can't survive the winter. :wtfru:

marko138

11-02-2009, 04:35 PM

Yes and she's the type of dumbazz I hear about from time to time that buys something like that because it's so cute but then ot gets too big to feed/handle and care for so they take it out to a local lake like we have here and turn it loose. It will end up biting/killing someone or eating someones pet or die because it can't survive the winter. :wtfru:
Yep, it's happened around here before. And apparently the owner of this gator was flashing dudes with her pierced saggy boobs. I didn't see it,but my wife told me she witnessed this.

z06boy

11-02-2009, 04:40 PM

Yep, it's happened around here before. And apparently the owner of this gator was flashing dudes with her pierced saggy boobs. I didn't see it,but my wife told me she witnessed this.

Flashing saggy ones ? :td: