Note that Wellesley fines residents who are feeding the wildlife. If you must feed pets outside the home, provide only the amount that your pet will finish in one feeding. Do remove all birdfeeders during the spring and summer months. Birdfeeders often attract small rodents such as squirrels, chipmunks and rats which are a food source for the coyote. Compost piles provide an easy food source for the coyote.
Coyotes knock over trash cans or tear open trash bags left in the open.
Do not provide potential meals. Although free roaming pets are more likely to be killed by automobiles than by wild animals, coyotes and foxes do view pets as potential food. For the safety of your pet keep it restrained and supervised at all times. Do not leave pets unattended in invisible fencing which keeps your pet in but does not keep wildlife out. The Coyote is a member of the same family to which foxes, dogs and wolves belong, the canids.