[billfor]

On the east coast the coyotes interbreed with wolves and form coywolves which are really huge and can be nasty. Look at the picture on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_coyote. It's only a matter of time before something bad happens to a small child. They've already killed a lot of small dogs.

[pfdietz]

They're expanding/evolving into the niche that wolves occupied. The superabundance of deer is facilitating that.