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Report Wildlife Activity
It's critical for the community to be aware and appreciate that there are a variety of predator species in Carrollton including bobcats, coyotes and birds of prey. Although we can help manage this population and aide in reducing their threat to public safety, there is nothing we can do to eradicate these species or completely eliminate any potential threat to our community.
The most effective means of reducing threats is to be cautious when in an area with known activity and ensure that you are taking appropriate action to haze these species so that they remain fearful of humans.
Hazing is a method that makes use of deterrents to move an animal out of an area or discourage an undesirable behavior or activity.
Encountering Bobcats or Coyotes
When you encounter a bobcat or coyote it is important to remain calm. In most cases they will respond immediately to their natural fear of humans and seek safety by running away. However, some may be more comfortable around humans and respond with less urgency, but this does not mean that they have abandoned their natural fear.
We can help nurture this fear by hazing these species whenever we encounter them. This can be done by using homemade or manufactured deterrents.
Homemade Deterrents
- Take an empty plastic bottle and fill it with pebbles, pennies or other similar material. When rattled it serves well to spook both bobcats and coyotes.
This device can also be thrown in the direction of the bobcat or coyote to help enforce this scare tactic.
- To reduce activity on your personal property you may soak tennis balls in household ammonia and place these balls along your fence line or under decks and sheds.
Manufactured Deterrents
There are many affordable manufactured deterrents to assist in scaring wildlife that may be encountered on your property, local parks or walking trails.
These deterrents include:
- Safety whistle
- Air horn
- Canine dazer
- Motion activated water sprinkler
- Stationary ultrasonic deterrents
Always keep in mind that although wildlife maintain a fear of humans, they also maintain a strong survival instinct, so it is never safe to chase or corner any wildlife.
When hazing wildlife it is critical to always provide a safe distance and path for them to escape.
Make a Wildlife Activity Report
- It's important for our community to participate in reporting wildlife activity in order to help the Carrollton Animal Services (CAS) team provide an appropriate response to each reported case. As these reports are received, they are logged and mapped to help CAS with determining whether the reported wildlife is traveling through or has established territory near the reported sighting.
- Our approach in Carrollton is take the least invasive action necessary to support harmonious relationship between our residents and local wildlife. However, when we have enough data to support that a specific case may significantly increase the threat to public health and safety we will consider taking more invasive action.
When reporting wildlife use the link to the map below. To assist with tracking, please use a specific address. The more information we have, the better we can track the activity of the reported wildlife.
You may report any species using this map, but the focus of the map is to track coyote and bobcat activity in Carrollton.