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<blockquote data-quote="tynyphil" data-source="post: 3920724" data-attributes="member: 44419">Long, but I found this interesting.As I mentioned I lost 2 goats to what I finally learned was to coyotes.&nbsp; What I found on 2 separate occasions was a dead goat on it&#039;s side with the belly hollowed out.&nbsp; There were no other visible wounds anywhere on the goat.&nbsp; My mistake was thinking that when the goats went in the barn in the evening that they stayed there all night.Put up a game camera to learn they would go back and forth off and on all night grazing.&nbsp; Saw a coyote&nbsp; on the camera so I went the Anatolian Sheperd route.&nbsp; Got a puppy and put him in with the goats.&nbsp; On the 3rd occasion the puppy was barking in a panic one night and I got up and went to the goats.&nbsp; There was a goat lying on it&#039;s side in much the same area as the other 2.&nbsp; It was not dead but foaming at the mouth.&nbsp; It&#039;s throat was wet. Got her upright and calmed, she recovered after a few minutes. So....the coyotes were laying in wait and then would catch the goat by the throat, suffocating it without breaking the skin then eating the organs to their hearts content.&nbsp; The puppy finally grew up and would not tolerate anything out of the ordinary and would accompany the goats most anywhere.&nbsp; He loved people as long as you were approved by me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have them on only about 2 acres and the goats were being killed within 50 yards of the barn[ATTACH=full]328736[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tynyphil, post: 3920724, member: 44419"] Long, but I found this interesting. As I mentioned I lost 2 goats to what I finally learned was to coyotes. What I found on 2 separate occasions was a dead goat on it's side with the belly hollowed out. There were no other visible wounds anywhere on the goat. My mistake was thinking that when the goats went in the barn in the evening that they stayed there all night. Put up a game camera to learn they would go back and forth off and on all night grazing. Saw a coyote on the camera so I went the Anatolian Sheperd route. Got a puppy and put him in with the goats. On the 3rd occasion the puppy was barking in a panic one night and I got up and went to the goats. There was a goat lying on it's side in much the same area as the other 2. It was not dead but foaming at the mouth. It's throat was wet. Got her upright and calmed, she recovered after a few minutes. So....the coyotes were laying in wait and then would catch the goat by the throat, suffocating it without breaking the skin then eating the organs to their hearts content. The puppy finally grew up and would not tolerate anything out of the ordinary and would accompany the goats most anywhere. He loved people as long as you were approved by me. I have them on only about 2 acres and the goats were being killed within 50 yards of the barn [ATTACH type="full" alt="gabe_job.jpg"]328736[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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