To infiltrate our tranquil domestic pets with their wild ways, creating a second generation of rogues that are even larger, smarter, and more dangerous. No one will deny that Warren County is still a rural area fortunate enough to host a wide variety of animals some of which don t mix especially well with people, their pets, and their livestock.
Foxes can sometimes trouble the poultry or maybe a sick lamb.
No, the object of all this unwarranted attention is an animal so intelligent and adaptable that it has migrated from its original western range almost to the Atlantic Ocean. The coyote has been identified in Frederick County for at least 10 years now, and is, in fact, making its presence known here as well. The animals are hardly overrunning the place. In fact, Alex Smoot, the county s animal control officer, has yet to see one. And they certainly aren t rampaging through livestock on unbridled killing sprees.