Crime & Safety

Keep Coyotes Away With These Tips: Police

Peabody police released a list of ways for residents to keep coyotes out of their yards.

PEABODY, MA - The Peabody Police Department has released a list of tips to keep bothersome coyotes out of your yard.

The police suggest:

  • Keeping garbage secure
  • Refraining from feeding or petting coyotes
  • Keeping pets restrained at all times for safety
  • Keeping bird feeder areas clean at all times
  • Feeding pets indoors
  • Closing off crawl spaces under homes and sheds
  • Not allowing coyotes to intimidate you
  • Keeping brush near the edges of yards cut back

For further tips and information please contact MASS WILD LIFE at (508)389-7890.

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[Photo courtesy of the Peabody Police Department’s Facebook page.]

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