What can be done about wildlife when your animals are in danger?

?Meagan Kay?

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There is a huge pack of coyotes (or wolves?????) that live right near the barn in the woods. My sister was on a trail ride alone the other day, and she saw six of them.... She said they were much larger than our dogs (which are pretty big siberian huskies) which leads me to believe they are wolves.... Coyotes aren't that big right? And these ones howl like a wolf.... They don't yip like most of the coyotes I have seen. Anyway, they scare me. Two days ago at breakfast feeding, the old (nearly 40yo) mule that lives in the back pasture came up to the barn with a massive part of one of her ears missing, and blood all over her face, and on her hooves, too, which makes me think she got the coyote pretty good lol. But she's very lucky to even be alive.... She's very old and seemingly frail, and she's only like 12 hands. Maybe less. Another incident happened about a month ago. I heard a coyote or something out in the pasture snarling and yipping, and all the horses were squealing and running. My barn owner's husky (I know, we nearly have a sled team between the two of us lol) went after it and they got into a big fight, and there was a big gash on his muzzle when he came out of it.

If Indica got attacked or if my dog Kai got into a fight with one of them, I would probably have a meltdown. Or any of the horses for that matter. I nearly burst into tears when I saw Kate (the mule) but I kept it together in order to not embarrass myself lol. I love them all.... I don't want anyone to get hurt.

Is there someone I could call like animal control to come move them to a different location, since the horses and dogs are in danger? What would you do if there were coyotes attacking the animals at your barn?
 
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