Milton Police Warn of Coyotes

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The Milton Police Department said it’s received word of “possible coyote activity” in the vicinity of Phillips Circle, which is situated near the Providence Road/New Providence Road thoroughfares.

A resident told officers she let her three small dogs out in her yard and a short time later, only one returned to the house.

“One dog was located the next day, deceased, possibly due to coyotes, and the other dog is still missing,” the agency wrote on its Facebook page.

The resident, Anna Cease, told WSB-TV she searched about two dozen acres ner her home for her dog, but came up empty.

However, her husband discovered the body of the dog, named Aslin, in the woods, WSB reports.

“It was obvious that probably a group of coyotes had gotten him because of the condition of his body,” she told the news outlet.

Milton police encourages residents to call 911 immediately if they see a coyote. They also implore residents not to approach or try to feed a coyote. They also caution against running away or turning one’s back on the animal.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resource’s Wildlife Management Office recommends the following tips to prevent coyotes from attacking and killing household pets:

• bring pets indoors at night, as that’s when most coyotes hunt.
• If the pet must be kept outside, put up fencing to discourage coyotes.
• Small livestock or poultry should be kept in an enclosed or sheltered area.

DNR also warns Georgia residents against feeding coyotes, keeping grills, pet food or bird feeders off-limits, cleaning and storing grills when they are not being used, feeding pets and keeping pet food indoors and refilling bird fillers infrequently or in small amounts.

They also recommend making trash cans and bins inaccessible to wild animals.

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Note: the photo above is NOT of the coyote spotted in Milton. Credit: morgueFile