{"id":85681,"date":"2026-01-13T17:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85681\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:41:26","slug":"bethlehem-township-warns-residents-about-coyotes-inside-your-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85681\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Township warns residents about coyotes | Inside Your Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of recent coyote sightings has prompted one Northampton County municipality to update its website with information about how to keep the animals away.<\/p>\n<p>The topic came up at Monday night&#8217;s board of commissioners meeting, when resident Don Wright expressed safety concerns after seeing coyotes three times in the past month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of small pets, but there are also small children,&#8221; Wright said, asking the township for guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Michael Hudak said it&#8217;s illegal for residents to hunt or trap coyotes, but commiserated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a ton of them down by my house. I&#8217;ve got a ton of vet bills,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hudak said there&#8217;s a bright side to all this: &#8220;Coyotes were all but extinct. It&#8217;s kind of a good thing they&#8217;re coming back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethlehemtownship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bethlehem Township website<\/a>, coyotes are rarely dangerous and try to avoid people. If you spot one, the township asks that you report it to the police.<\/p>\n<p>The website says residents can take these steps to help keep coyotes out of their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Firmly secure your garbage so that a coyote would not be able to gain access and eat from garbage bins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only feed your pets inside and never leave or store pet food outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of any rodent problem on your property, have the issue managed quickly, as rodents are a prime food source for coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>Do not leave any smaller dogs, cats or other pets outside unsupervised, especially between dusk and dawn.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a fence or gate to your back yard, make sure it is secured.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your grass well maintained and all shrubs, trees and bushes trimmed, doing so will remove shelter for coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>Remove any structures, equipment, piles, etc. that could provide shelter to coyotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of recent coyote sightings has prompted one Northampton County municipality to update its website with information&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,38576,805],"class_list":{"0":"post-85681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-insideyourtown","12":"tag-lehighvalley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}