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TIDE HAT TRICK All three local squads win OMFL openers PAGE 8 HOME, LAWN & GARDEN Look inside today's special section for home improvement tips INSIDE www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 24 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Hungry Hollow users warned: Beware of coyotes By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer A Georgetown woman is warning other area dog owners to be cautious when walking their pets in Hungry Hollow ravine after she and her dog had recent run-ins with coyotes. Kristin Porter said about 9 a.m. last Tuesday she was walking Guiness, a two-year-old Sharpei-American bulldog cross, off-leash in an open area of the ravine off Dawson Cr. From behind, she heard Guiness yelp, turned around and saw a coyote standing next to him. "I ran after the coyote," said Porter. "It ran away from me, just into the woods." She checked out Guiness who had been nipped by the animal on his back right leg, but seemed okay. Porter said they rushed home and the coyote followed them from behind the trees. It finally left them alone after Porter said she yelled at it to, "Get lost!" She called her vet when she got home, but didn't have to take Guiness, who was up to date on his shots, in for any treatment. Just two days later she decided she would take her dog for a walk in the ravine again-- waiting until 10 a.m. She said as they were heading into the ravine a woman, who was coming out of the ravine, said, "Be careful-- there are two coyotes down there." She and Guiness stayed on the well-traveled main path and after spotting the two dark-coloured coyotes, headed for home. See COYOTES, pg. 4 Kristin Porter poses with her dog Guiness, a twoyear-old Sharpei-American bulldog cross, after the dog was nipped on one of his back legs while Porter walked him in Hungry Hollow ravine last Tuesday morning. She spotted two more coyotes two days later and another last Friday. A Ministry of Natural Resources spokesperson says it is unusual for a coyote (file photo right) to attack a dog as large as Guiness and fears someone in the area may be feeding the animals, either on purpose or unintentionally, making them more brazen. Photo by Ted Brown Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m -RLQ XV IRU D WULEXWH WR WKH LFRQLF 0; 0LDWD 6KRZ 6KLQH $&+,//(6 0$='$ 2I 0LOWRQ 6WHHOHV $YH 0LOWRQ 21 /7 ; -XQH WK · your window & door professionals · ZZZDFKLOOHVPD]GDFD LQIR#DFKLOOHVPD]GDFD 3KRQH 3KRQH 7ROO IUHH )D[ Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 16 times · (YHQWV 6WDUW # $0 ZLWK D 7ULOOLXP &OXE 0HHWLQJ &KDULW\ %%4 VWDUWV # $0 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca