{"id":427311,"date":"2026-10-14T05:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T05:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:14:08","slug":"coyotes-spotted-in-altamonte-springs-neighborhood-resident-warns-pet-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427311\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes spotted in Altamonte Springs neighborhood, resident warns pet owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. \u2013 A resident of the Oak Harbour community is urging neighbors to keep pets close after seeing coyotes in her backyard multiple times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Claudette Rothschild, who has a small dog named Beau and two cats, said the coyotes appeared well-fed and described one as \u201cthe size of a German Shepherd at least.\u201d Her Ring doorbell camera has captured multiple sightings, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Rothschild said a nearby family dog was killed by a coyote. She also said coyotes killed a feral cat she had cared for after more than a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Rothschild said she\u2019s seen the coyotes \u201conly a matter of feet\u201d away; a walk from the tree where they appeared to the back of her house took 16 steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Rothschild has posted warnings online and advises neighbors to keep small pets inside. When walking her dog at night, she carries something noisy or a flashlight, which she said coyotes dislike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission guidance says people who encounter a coyote should make noise and wave their arms. Spraying the animal with water from a strong hose may also encourage it to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The agency said it has no reports of coyote attacks or deaths in Oak Harbour. It advises residents to report coyote concerns to FWC.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. \u2013 A resident of the Oak Harbour community is urging neighbors to keep pets close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4131,139,141,140,1014],"class_list":["post-427311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-altamonte-springs","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-seminole-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}