South Bay cities begin to share strategies for dealing with urban coyotes
(WorldNews Environment)

In Torrance, the early warnings came with the reports that indigenous foxes living in open fields near the city airport were being killed. Later, a spate of pet attacks and killings were reported. Downey City Hall began getting calls in the last couple years. `I fielded the first call from a lady whose two dogs were killed in her backyard, right in front of her grandchildren,` said Downey City Councilman Rick Rodriguez, adding the resident saw the coyote scale her backyard fence. ......