After Jessica Simpson‘s dog was tragically snatched from her yard by a coyote, People magazine decided to run an article about the reality of coyotes in Los Angeles, who are more villianized than Kanye West right now.
Just one more reason New Yorkers will use to claim supremacy over Los Angeles (besides good pizza)- there aren’t freaking coyotes in Manhattan!
People‘s article wants to pound it into your head that if you live in the City of Angels, a coyote will kill your pet. Sorry. It’s a reality.
People quotes an expert, Dr. John Hadidian, Director of Urban Wildlife Programs at the Humane Society of the United States: “They’re not doing it to be mean. It’s business to them. Just another day they have to survive. That’s a desperate animal, risking a lot for that meal.”
UGH, coyotes, just go to Ralph’s or Gelson’s like the rest of us here!
So in conclusion, if you are going out tonight or this weekend, operate on the buddy system because you will be confronted by a coyote, or Joe Francis. Pray that it’s the latter.
I think I’d prefer the former ha cha cha!
NOT TRUE! Check this out:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0323_060323_coyote.html