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Eastern coyotes hunt individually, looking for weak members of a herd; western coyotes hunt in packs. You can tell the difference between a coyote attack and a dog attack because dogs chase and try to get as many goats as they can, while coyotes, which are looking for food, will go for the throat and then try to get at a goat’s internal organs. They may even try to carry the animal away for safe eating.

If you hear coyotes howling in your area, your goats are at risk if they don’t have additional protection such as a guardian animal or high tensile electric fencing. Neither of these is failproof, though; I have heard of packs of coyotes luring a dog away while other cohorts go after the goats.