Coyote sightings increase in the Philadelphia suburbs as the population grows

we're talking about coyotes today residents in Montgomery County have reported spotting the animals in several locations in recent weeks and the news about the wildlife has many people on Edge action news reporter Annie McCormack is live at whisen Park Annie you found out the coyote population is on the rise in that area yeah and that's according to authorities out here Christy and we're talking to a lot of people who live out here who say that yes they do spot them from time to time here at whisken Park this is a place for wildlife obviously would gravitate towards with a water source and also small Wildlife here too but authorities just want people to be aware you might see coyotes this time of year and they have some tips for you coyotes like you think that's like out in like the Rocky Mountains or something we've seen them on our rig camera like not very often but you definitely hear them not recently but more in the fall I haven't seen seen any or hurt any this is new to me Montgomery County authorities are alerting the public to the threat of coyotes land out police and upper Maran police put out alerts about coyote sightings in recent weeks the wildlife have a presence in every County of the state authorities say the number of coyotes here is growing so you might have had coyotes in your neighborhood all summer but all that dense vegetation just more less likely for people to notice them game warden Matthew Johnson with the Pennsylvania Game Commission says they are nocturnal and hunt at night this time of year when we get into the winter time everything in the wild is getting a little bit more desperate uh food sources are kind of diminishing as the winter goes on there are no reports of any attacks they likely won't approach or harm a human and view large dogs as a threat but they are Wildlife if they find a smaller cat or dog that is accessible there's nothing saying that they they won't try to pursue it people we talk to today say so far their experiences have been from a distance I haven't heard any but I've seen some like around our school and they're eating good cuz they're kind of big and some tips from authorities is to bring inside any food or water bowls and of course keep your small pets inside and also for us here at Channel 6 if you do see a coyote take a picture and send it to us for now reporting live in lale Annie mccormic Channel 6 Action News Brian and Christie pictures from a distance Annie thanks so much