Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-As many local municipalities have been facing a coyote problem so is Deerfield Beach. Many cats have been reported missing countywide, many attribute the missing cats to coyote population on the increase. Neighborhoods from 48th street south to Sample Road have complained and documented coyote activity this year, recently a rash of missing cats has brought attention to the subject again.
Many residents have snapped some photos on their cell phones of the wild animals, but the coyotes move quickly and can run as fast as 40MPH.
Residents said they often hear the coyotes at night.
“The howling at nighttime it’s, like, around midnight, one o’clock in the morning,” from Hollywood to Boca Raton east and west coyotes have been seen and filmed. Deerfield Beach’s Crystal Lake, in particular, seems to have issues, county employees say coyotes frequent our parks as well.
The FWC said the encounters are happening more often and coyotes are found in all counties in the state of Florida.
Experts say that coyotes are opportunistic feeders, so they warn people to watch their pets closely.
