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LEE COUNTY: Traps have been set after more possible coyote attacks against dogs in the Bonita Springs and Estero areas. The total is now at four attacks and three dogs are dead. We found some advice that can help keep your dog safe.
Monday night, Susan Love first thought what came out of some shrubs was just a big dog, something like a German shepherd. Now, she thinks what she saw was actually a coyote.
“I was screaming the whole time,” said Love.
Love was with her dog Keya and was actually dog sitting another named Millie.
“Keya went out to find the coyote. She went out to grab her neck and she backed up,” said Love.
“She was going to die for us - myself and the small dog,” said Love.
Officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife say when you are out walking your dog, make sure you carry a couple of things with you like a walking stick, a noise maker, and even a flash light. All of them can be used to help scare off a coyote.
“What’s unusual is this aggressiveness towards small dogs that are being walked by people,” said Gary Morse of FWC.
The attacks have been happening in and around Love’s Lighthouse Bay development. Now, there are warning signs around the development asking dog walkers to be alert.
“Be careful when you are out there. You should probably confine your walks to well lit areas and areas that don’t have any vegetation,” said Morse.
Morse says there are probably two coyotes in the woods - a mother and father trying to get food for their young. He says the close encounters could very well last another two to four weeks.
Until then, FWC will step up patrols and Love will be carrying something extra - a can of pepper spray.

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Subsistence, personal use and sport fisheries for Tanner crab will open on July 15 in the waters of Kachemak Bay east of a line between Anchor Point and Point Pogibshi.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened the fishery after surveys estimate the abundance of legal sized male Tanner crab has met the minimum criteria for opening the fishery.
A permit is required prior to harvesting Tanner crab in these noncommercial fisheries. Permits are free and should be available by mid-June at Fish and Game offices in Anchorage, Soldotna and Homer. The permit must be in the possession of the person fishing for Tanner crab and harvest information must be entered on the permit before leaving the fishing grounds. The permit must be returned to the department at the end of the season.
The fishery season dates are July 15-Dec. 31 and Jan. 15-March 15. Gear is limited to two pots per person with no more than two pots per vessel. Each pot must have two escape rings with an inside diameter of 4 3/8 inches, meet the biodegradable escape mechanism requirements (5 AAC 39.145), and may not have any line floating on the surface except that portion connecting the main buoy to a trailer buoy. Bag and possession limits are five legal sized (5 12 inches or greater in carapace width) male Tanner crab per person and per day.
Visit the Fish and Game Web site at www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/rgn2home.php for more information.

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