Coyotes hungrier this time of year

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/raid_6440___article.html/ranch_shoot.html

..... In the months of May and June, coyotes rear their pups and teach them to eat meat, so they are hungrier and more aggressive than usual, said Rizzo.


“They will occasionally kill for fun, but a mountain lion is more likely to do that.”


Osborne thinks that after recent coyote attacks on children there will be more attention paid to coyote raids like these.


“It’s pretty rural out here but as we infringe upon the desert animal’s territory, they’re going to keep coming into the suburban territory.”