On March 5, the Brea City Council was set to approve a new ordinance that makes it against the law to feed or leave out food for any non-domesticated mammalian predators, including coyotes, raccoons, foxes, possums and non-domesticated rodents. Don’t worry, your pet hamsters, rats and mice are exempt, but if you set out food for wildlife, you would be breaking the law in Brea and could be cited.
The new ordinance is part of a Coyote Management Plan first voted on last month by the City Council and includes Wildlife Watch. Wildlife Watch is similar to Neighborhood Watch.
http://www.ocregister.com/brea-is-planning-new-rules-for-managing-wildlife-in-the-city
Some visitors to the Ramona Grasslands Preserve off Highland Valley Road have taken to social media to describe encounters with coyotes that felt too close for comfort, but the increase in coyote activity is normal for this time of year.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/lifestyle/sd-cm-ram-coyotes-20190307-story.html
A tense battle of wits between coyotes and deer in Saratoga, California, was witnessed by Rudy Romero on March 6. Romero’s footage shows the coyotes tracking their prey along a suburban street, only for the deer to regroup and briefly chase them off.
https://www.aol.co.uk/video/view/coyotes-stalk-deer-along-suburban-california-street/5c826741b8bad32510181330/