Denver is in a tizzy over coyotes. Greenwood Village wants to shoot them. Denver wants to talk them to death, and will host a meeting Thursday to do just that.
And not a moment too soon, apparently, because on Saturday evening, a 51-year-old woman walking a 75-pound lab near her home in the 3900 block of South Oneida reported that she and her pet were attacked by three coyotes.
That incident prompted the Colorado Division of Wildlife to send the following advice (highlights theirs) for "If a
Grrrrrr.
A couple of recent coyote-related incidents (read about them here and here) have kept the yipping varmints in the local news -- when newspapers and TV stations haven't been reporting about the travels of a certain lovesick wolf, that is. When the hell did Colorado media turn into the Discovery Channel? Meanwhile, though, an article in the March issue of 5280 magazine that's not yet online puts the coyote threat in perspective.
"The Colorado Survival Guide," the piece in question, is a
Talk about paying at the pump.Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian reference, chicken feed given the profits the company has reaped in recent years. Nonetheless, the corporate behmoth is also having to invest in a plan to prevent such slayings in the future. These p
Today, October 16, is National Feral Cat Day. This is not really a day of celebration; it's more of a day of scolding and sobering statistics, since the growing phenomenon of feral cats has a lot to do with the human capacity to abandon domesticated animals. Thirty thousand cats are euthanized in Colorado every year -- double the number of dogs -- and that includes legions of feral cats and the unwanted offspring of feral-tame hookups.
Still, there are a few simple steps the everyday an
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration...
Figure 39. East Colfax: Emperor penguin on the edge
All of the exotic creatures that come to Denver eventually end up on East Colfax Avenue. So, it should be no surprise to find a penguin perched on a porch in the neighborhood named for the city's most celebrated street. Sandwiched between the bitterly cold Stapleton and utterly inhospitable Lowry neighborhoods, East Colfax is an incredibly rich environment that is teaming with l
