Coyote Awareness

Please see the information below for reporting coyote sightings. There is also a map of previous coyote sightings on the University of California Cooperative Extension website https://ucanr.edu/sites/CoyoteCacher/.

To report aggressive coyote behaviors please call OC Animal Care at (714) 935-6848 during business hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. If an incident happens during a holiday or after hours, you may contact them at (714) 259-1122. Please leave a detailed voicemail and they will return your call as soon as possible. https://www.ocpetinfo.com/education-resources/coyote-encounters.

The City of Huntington beach also has a website addressing coyote reporting and offers helpful tips listed below: https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/services/coyote_information.

Helpful tips to discourage wildlife activity:
1. Keep pet food indoors and do not leave food of any kind outside at night. Food left out at night will be taken as a welcome invitation by wildlife and may prompt a future visit.
2. Keep cats and small dogs indoors or in the close presence of an adult.
3. Remove any fruit which has fallen to the ground.
4. Store trash in covered, heavy-duty containers.
5. Keep yards free from potential shelters such as thick brush and weeds, and enclose the bottoms of porches and decks.
6. Eliminate garbage, debris, lumber piles, etc. from yards.
7. Check fencing and try to eliminate access points.