It’s a timely message, with Leander police reporting 18 coyote calls in the last month alone, up from 14 during the same period last year.
"It’s all about living with the coyotes, not necessarily getting rid of the coyotes," said Animal Services Officer Leslie Wilson with Leander Police.
"But it's also moving the squirrels, it's moving the mice, it's moving the rats. It's moving everything. So the coyote really follows the food source," said Wilson. "Or you have a cat lady next door that feeds all the feral cats for instance, those are the people you want to network and let them know the dangers that they're really attracting," said Wilson."I wouldn't recommend running away. Definitely make loud noises. You can throw objects towards the critter. We're not asking you to pelt the coyote with it, but throwing rocks towards it to kind of scare it away.