We’ve had coyotes behind our house every night for a couple of weeks. I called City Hall and they were blissfully unaware of there being dangerous consequences to this – just mentioned that some neighborhood cats had gone missing, but they couldn’t find any coyotes. Hell, I’ve got a coyote call and an AR-15. I’ll go out and help ’em find the damn things.<\/p>\n
Hi there,<\/p>\n
I called a little while ago and spoke to the guy who is in charge of animal control for the city about the coyotes we’ve been hearing at night. He said that Travis County hadn’t had a rabies case in a couple of years – unfortunately this isn’t the case. <\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.tdh.state.tx.us\/zoonosis\/diseases\/rabies\/maps\/county.jpg<\/p>\n
As you can see, Travis County has had 20+ cases of rabies in 2005 alone. <\/p>\n
I’ve got a call into the Travis County Sheriff’s department animal control as suggested, but wanted to let you know that the problem might be more severe than you think!<\/p>\n
Also, title 25, section 169.34 is the rabies quarantine law I was speaking of. It is indeed still in effect.<\/p>\n
With there being no leash law in Westlake Hills, we see dogs and cats roaming around the neighborhood all the time. It’s concerning to me that one of these animals might get into a scrap with a coyote, become infected with rabies, and then continue to roam free. My dogs and kids play in our yard, and several times we have had other dogs come onto our property – at times, we’ve been attacked by neighbor dogs while we’ve been in our own yard. Perhaps it’s time to consider a leash law?<\/p>\n
Thanks for your consideration<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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