Danbury to Capture and Remove Tamanny Trail Coyote

Danbury officials are searching for a coyote trapper who the city can hire to remove a coyote who has been attacking pets along Tamanny Trail and neighboring streets.

People have been asking why the city or the police or the DEEP doesn't just shoot the coyote. Danbury is a city and the city has ordinances that say people can't fire guns in Danbury. The city will hire a trapper instead.

"I'm glad," said Cathy Moore, 15 Tamanny Trail, who lost a cat, perhaps, to the coyote everyone has seen stalking the backyards of Tamanny Trail. Moore has gone door to door in the neighborhood to alert people to the threat.

City Council President Joe Cavo and Council Member Andrew Wetmore, who both live within two miles of Tamanny Trail, visited the residential neighborhood Wednesday to talk to people about the coyote. They both hear coyotes yipping at night.

"We've spoken to the DEEP and they will issue us a permit," Cavo said. "Right now Scott Leroy (Director, Health Department,) is looking for a trapper vendor."

Cavo said this is a new problem for him, and the city is learning how to deal with it. "Danbury is on board. We have to deal with this."

Moore said she had four cats and one disappeared in the woods.

"Coyotes are ruthless animals. There are many small children and domesticated animals that reside in the neighborhood that this dangerous animal is strolling through in the uncommon daytime hours. My fear is that a human will be injured or killed," Moore said in a comment posted on Danbury Patch.

One resident on a neighborning street, Carol Rizza, said she lost a dog near the intersection of Corn Tassle and Indian Spring.

"My name is Carol Rizza. I live at 8 Indian Spring Road a short distance from Tamanny Trail. I had a 7 year old Shih Tze dog killed by a Coyote in April of this year. I have another small dog that I can not let out of my house unsupervised within my electric fence for fear that she too will be killed by the coyote," Rizza said in a comment to Danbury Patch.