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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-11-02, Page 9!gnat -Star • Wednesday, November 2, 2011 nimal control officer issues warning for area residents Coyote attacks dog in Benmiller Brown Agency Huron County's animal control officer is urging Benmiller-area resi- dents to be careful letting their pets roam around after a dog was attacked nearly to death last week by at least one coyote. I would suggest not walking after GODERkH Canada's prottiest town eakif in Harbour Park.. he initial tree planting for Harbour ark will be happening this fall. All Town residents are encouraged to me out and provide comments on the planting plan for the park! aturday, November 12, 2011 9am-12pr in Harbour Park Volunteers will be playing the role of 'trees' to dicate the location and type of trees which will planted this fall. 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"If people are walking their dogs with children at night, they should protect themselves by carrying a stick, a cane - a ski pole would be great." A man was walking his dog off leash along Hemlock Lane in Benmiller early last Tuesday morning when he heard the dog's howls coming from a nearby bush. Its owners didn't want to be named and denied an interview request. The badly injured dog was taken to the veterinary clinic in Clinton. Trick received :the call around 8 a.m., and went to see. the damage. "I'm surprised it's alive," he explained. The coyotes went for the neck and throat area, also the one back leg:' The Whippet's natural speed probably saved its life, Trick said. A relative of the Greyhound, the Whippet was able to break away from its attackers before the owner heard its yelps and found it in the bush. Asked if the dog's injuries came from one or multiple coyo- tes, Trick surmised there was more than one as "they usually work in pairs." Trick said he would contact a local hunter to find and kill the problem coyotes. This marks the second dog attack this year after coyotes killed a Jack Russell in the spring when its owners were walking it along Bayfield Line in the early evening. Mid -fall is an espealally impor- tant time of year to keep watch over cats and dogs as coyotes' food sources are dwindling due to hibernation, Trick said. "You have to realize cats and dogs are an easy source of food" he warned. "If they learn to find an easy source -- well, I would imagine they'll be in the area, yes. About 15 coyotes have been killed in the Benmiller area so far this year after attacks on live- stock, he added. There have been two reported sightings in Clinton this year near the industrial park in the southeast end of town, Trick said, and five in Goderich near the lakeshore on Essex and Wil- son Streets. "The last number of years coy- otes have been becoming more brave, yes," Trick said. "They might be in more urban areas looking for easy food sources." At an information meeting on coyotes held earlier this year in Holmesville, New Hampshire- based biologist Chris Schadler advised people not to set food out for coyotes; bring livestock close to, or into, the barn at night; and if you see a coyote, it could chase if you run away from it, she said. While it sounds counterin- tuitive and frightening, she acknowledged, it's better to grab a stick and make a presence. It's time to turn the clocks back one hour We return to Eastern Standard Time this Sunday It's time to turn the clocks back and retrieve an hour. This year, the time change to revert back to Eastern Standard Time (EST) will occur on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 a.m. So this weekend, before going to bed Saturday night, turn your clocks back one hour, which means that we can regal9n that one hour of sleep lost in the switch to Daylight Savings Time. his easy to remember the time change by adhering to the old adage of 'spring forward" in the spring and clocks "fall back" in the fall. But with this time change, it means an extra hour of sleep. In the spring each year, on the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour in the move to Daylight Saving Time. Then at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November we fall back and set clocks back one hour, returning to Eastern Standard Time. The return to Standard Time means the loss of day- light earlier in the evening, while it should be brighter in the morning as people head to work and school. 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