"It was heartbreaking," Turkin said. Molly "is probably the most spoiled dog in the world. She's literally like my kid. I put bows in her hair and dress her up in clothes."

Obvious the coyotes have learned to pick on the wussiest dogs.

Of the poodle, Thompson said: "This is something that looks a lot like a rabbit to them."

How do they know it didn't look like a toy poodle with a red bow and pink sweater?

This isn't funny pj.

What have coyotes come to when they can't take down a stinkin' poodle?

Backfiring Acme products no doubt hampered the endeavor.

"Wyle E., you idiot, that's a poodle, not a roadrunner!"

"90-pound yellow lab, Duke. He was out in the yard at the time of the attack but was not harmed"

Coward.

There was a heart-warming story in the NYT a while back about toy dogs in Central Park being taken by hawks.

Never send a coyote to do a mountain lion's job!

Bob - It's Europe in a nutshell. The terrorist coyotes attack the soft targets, and the powerful authorities look on and do nothing.

You guys all can laugh, I've got a pack of them living about 3 houses away.

No lap dog for me, we have to up the poundage.

We also have hawk, boy do those rabbits run in the morning.

Did I mention I live near Oak Brook?

We're only about 20-25 miles west of Chicago.

Argonne National Lab used to have white deer, they took over so much, had to move them out.

Coward.

You might even call him 'yellow.'

The coyote is the homeless bum of the animal kingdom. And we all know the homeless bum is not exactly the model picture of health:)

Had a pack of 'em yodeling in the neighbor's yard the other night. They drive the dogs nuts but I've never heard of them eating one. Mountain lions, on the other hand...

There is are persistent rumors making the rounds in conservation (read: "hunting") circles that some state departments of natural resources have been intentionally stocking coyotes as part of predator restoration. The long-range idea is to introducw natural predators as replacements for human hunters at the top of the food chain.

Coyotes in the wild, when not eating poodles or little children, do prey on fawns, and thus do impact deer populations.

Since the unintended consequences outweigh the advantages of predator reintroduction, our state, whether or not it is true it has swapped wild turkeys for coyotes with western DNR's, as alleged, now has open hunting on coyotes, no closed season, electronic callers allowed. even

I'd rather hit a coyote than a deer. Can they take down moose? That's what we really need to get rid of.

Nobody reintroduced coyotes to central Illinois. They reintroduced themselves. Turkey population seems just fine. If they would kill off a lot of deer, that would be just fine. I'd certainly rather hit a coyote than the two deer I've had run ins with.

too bad they don't go after the geese.

Yeah, them too.

The greenies wanted nature, they will get nature.

To me the natural consequences of predator reintroduction will be that more folks will find it necessary to go about armed and that walled cities will come back into favor. I think both would be positive developments.