Coyotes continue to kill livestock and pets in growing numbers across Virginia. In 2005, coyotes killed 433 sheep, 40 calves and 62 goats in 2005. That’s a 50 percent increase in sheep losses from the previous year, and a 51% increase in goat losses.

[Read](http://www.vafb.com/news/2006/june/060806_2.htm) (Virginia Farm Bureau)