Stop Aggressive Coyote Attacks in Ontario - Protect Our Children and Neighborhoods
Stop Aggressive Coyote Attacks in Ontario - Protect Our Children and Neighborhoods
The Issue
updated petition: based on comments and awareness of another petition and province wide reported coyote sightings and aggression.
Six wolf-sized coyotes are terrorizing Wincott Park and attacking residents near Westway Junior School. Winter hunger and mating season will make them more dangerous. We need action NOW.
What’s Happening:
Coyote packs are attacking people and pets across Toronto:
• Wincott Park - pack of 6 entering backyards, near elementary school
• Thorncrest Village/The Manor - families surrounded and attacked in 2024
• Liberty Village - under attack 2024/2025
• West Deane - terrorized for years
Residents can’t use parks. Children can’t play safely outside. We walk armed with sticks and spray but still don’t feel safe on our own streets.
The City tells us to “learn to live with them.”
A Provincial Problem Requiring Provincial Solutions:
This crisis extends across Ontario—Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, and cities throughout the province face increasingly aggressive urban coyote populations. Provincial policies on urban development, wildlife management restrictions, and inadequate funding are tying municipalities’ hands. Cities need the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to provide real solutions.
We Demand:
1. Continuous professional aversion techniques to break up packs
2. Emergency assessment by wildlife professionals
3. Enhanced management including relocation or humane removal
4. Population control measures
5. Monitoring protocols around schools and residential areas
6. Transparent community updates
7. Long-term prevention plan
8. Toronto City Council and Ontario municipalities to formally request provincial support and policy changes from MNRF
If current leadership cannot manage coyote populations so residents feel safe in our own backyards, it’s time for change.
Communities across Ontario have done everything asked. We will not accept being told to “learn to live” with dangerous predators that threaten our families and pets. Municipalities and the Province must act NOW.
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The Issue
updated petition: based on comments and awareness of another petition and province wide reported coyote sightings and aggression.
Six wolf-sized coyotes are terrorizing Wincott Park and attacking residents near Westway Junior School. Winter hunger and mating season will make them more dangerous. We need action NOW.
What’s Happening:
Coyote packs are attacking people and pets across Toronto:
• Wincott Park - pack of 6 entering backyards, near elementary school
• Thorncrest Village/The Manor - families surrounded and attacked in 2024
• Liberty Village - under attack 2024/2025
• West Deane - terrorized for years
Residents can’t use parks. Children can’t play safely outside. We walk armed with sticks and spray but still don’t feel safe on our own streets.
The City tells us to “learn to live with them.”
A Provincial Problem Requiring Provincial Solutions:
This crisis extends across Ontario—Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, and cities throughout the province face increasingly aggressive urban coyote populations. Provincial policies on urban development, wildlife management restrictions, and inadequate funding are tying municipalities’ hands. Cities need the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to provide real solutions.
We Demand:
1. Continuous professional aversion techniques to break up packs
2. Emergency assessment by wildlife professionals
3. Enhanced management including relocation or humane removal
4. Population control measures
5. Monitoring protocols around schools and residential areas
6. Transparent community updates
7. Long-term prevention plan
8. Toronto City Council and Ontario municipalities to formally request provincial support and policy changes from MNRF
If current leadership cannot manage coyote populations so residents feel safe in our own backyards, it’s time for change.
Communities across Ontario have done everything asked. We will not accept being told to “learn to live” with dangerous predators that threaten our families and pets. Municipalities and the Province must act NOW.
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Supporter Voices
Petition created on December 1, 2025