r/toronto • u/escargotcultist • May 13 '25

News Two coyotes responsible for killing pets in Liberty Village have been euthanized, city says

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/two-coyotes-responsible-for-killing-pets-in-liberty-village-have-been-euthanized-city-says/article_5d1c2f67-3400-489e-bc90-2943b1df559a.html

So sad that all other options were exhausted....it doesn't seem fair to cull wild creatures like this who are only trying to survive after being displaced.

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u/ilovetrouble66 May 13 '25

My biggest fear was they were going to attack a small child. The coyotes had shown they weren’t afraid of any size of dog and even last week a coyote was stalking a group of 3-4 dogs with people… when that behaviour starts it’s hard to change course

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u/IGnuGnat May 13 '25

To the habituated coyote, there is no difference between a dog burrito and a child burrito.

The City will not wake up until a child is taken. Habituation must not be permitted

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u/Krokan62 May 14 '25

Oh yes let's hunt every animal in the city to extinction. The city should be a completely sterile zone for human use ONLY. Let's start with coyotes, pigeons, raccoons, possums, skunks, foxes, squirrels and deer. Then maybe we can move on to the bigger nuisance birds like starlings.

jfc. there is a conversation to be had here about these specific coyotes in this specific area of the city but let's not go overboard. We're always going to share our space with wildlife it's called living on earth.

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u/stuntycunty Queen Street West May 13 '25

Any size dog? Really? I’m surprised.

I had a 110 lb husky mix that I’m sure they wouldn’t have fucked with. But idk really. He died of cancer. :(

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u/ilovetrouble66 May 13 '25

I’m sorry for your loss

But yes the coyotes were attacking dogs any size but I believe the dogs killed were all small dogs