Newton’s animal control department has created an online tool for tracking where and when coyotes are seen around Newton. More about this on Newton Patch.
Seen any coyotes in Newton lately?
by Greg Reibman | Dec 17, 2012 | wildlife | 6 comments
by Greg Reibman | Dec 17, 2012 | wildlife | 6 comments
Newton’s animal control department has created an online tool for tracking where and when coyotes are seen around Newton. More about this on Newton Patch.
September 13, 2023
Men's Crib September 13, 2023 5:20 am
The cluster in West Newton could be due to a single of a few residents who are especially diligent about reporting the sightings.
BTW, a Brandeis student was bitten by a coyote last week.
Y, it could be diligence in reporting, although my family and many other families I know in West Newton have lost pets as a result of coyote attacks in the past year. This online tracking tool has actually been around since shortly after a community meeting at the Newton Police Department last year, following a widely-publicized coyote attack in a West Newton residential neighborhood. Kudos to Aaron Goldman who came to the meeting and responded to requests to get the city to create it and post on the city website, much like Belmont has had for several years now. It was actually suggested by the Belmont animal control officer, who attended the meeting in Newton.
No, but yesterday at 2PM I saw a very healthy-looking fox run across Needham Street, right through the traffic, heading north along the railroad spur between TripAdvisor and JiffyLube. A quick brown fox, indeed. No sign of a lazy dog.
That coyote still frequents my backyard on Chestnut Street just north of Beacon. Always late at night. It’s large and brownish red. Another skinnier silvery coyote comes by too.
The message is simple. Keep your cats and dogs inside at night if you want to see them alive in the morning. Cats are simply no match for coyotes and they face even longer odds if they encounter the growing number of fishers that seem to have invaded Newton in recent years. Unlike coyotes, fishers can climb trees.
This may be an urban legend, but I was told that one of the large drainage pipes and culverts in Waban that drained to the Charles River was recently opened by state officials. Inside they found the remains of a coyote den and a large number of cat collars.
Can anyone verify this??