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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