Advice on dealing with encroaching coyotes

To chase a coyote away, you can “scare or threaten coyotes with loud noises and bright lights.’’ In this photo released by Tufts University, Dr. Flo Tseng, right, and an unidentified veterinary student at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, examine a coyote under anesthesia at the school in 2008. The coyote was captured in Boston's North End neighborhood. Authorities say the coyote was likely disoriented by a snow storm and crossed into the North End from Charlestown.
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To chase a coyote away, you can “scare or threaten coyotes with loud noises and bright lights.’’

In this photo released by Tufts University, Dr. Flo Tseng, right, and an unidentified veterinary student at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, examine a coyote under anesthesia at the school in 2008.

The coyote was captured in Boston's North End neighborhood. Authorities say the coyote was likely disoriented by a snow storm and crossed into the North End from Charlestown.