by bamm321 » Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:11 am
As with the other opinions here, i'd love to see research on this. I spend a lot of time in the wilderness around here, and there is a very high population abundance of coyotes, that share habitat with the sheep. I am pretty sure they are accustomed to, and not actively predated by the canines. They are very tough animals, and well adapted to evading predators. From all the scat I see, the coyote seem to eat there fill on palm berries, mesquite, rodents, and rabbits.
There is just nothing better for me than being out and hiking with my dog. I've encountered sheep many times on our hikes, but I couldn't say any were close enough for me to be able to see how they reacted to him. At distance, they did not seem to have any reaction. Without them showing the why here, I can't help but feel that this is an overkill, and as said Posturing, to just show they are doing something....I mean, people have been hiking these areas with dogs for quite a while now, and the populations have been fine and moving to the same locations.
I know there are many upset people over this, hopefully Palm Springs will hold a conference to show us why this is called for.