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•Close the lids of community garbage containers after trash is placed inside.

•Do not leave pet food or water in patio areas. Put away bird feeders at night to avoid attracting rodents and other coyote prey.

•Be aware of surroundings while walking dogs in the evening and early morning hours. Loud noises will scare off the animals, which are typically frightened of humans and run from conflict.

•Don’t leave doors or windows open.

If food and water are removed, and people haze coyotes, the animals will move on to morehospitablelocales. Hazing uses scare tactics to reinstill fear of humans. Hazing techniques include:

•Yell and wave your arms while approaching a coyote.

•Use noisemaker such as whistles, air horns, bells or soda cans filled with pennies.

•Use projectiles such as sticks, small rocks, cans, tennis balls or rubber balls to throw at the coyote.

Never approach a sick, injured or cornered coyote.

For animal control services or to report stray, aggressive or dead animals, call Seal Beach Police Dispatch at 562-5947232.

For more information on animal control, call 562-7994100, ext. 1606, or email animalcontrol@ sealbeachca.gov. It is a violation of state law to feed wildlife because it alters their natural behaviors.