Sarah Castor said a coyote recently killed her family’s pet cat, Owen, in their backyard. “So, he went out as usual, first thing in the morning, 6 o’clock.

Relocation also doesn’t work, Gehrt said. Coyotes moved from Chicago to the country headed back to the city. “The coyotes are here, they’ve always been here and the only way to deal with them is to ...