The new gang in San Francisco is targeting dogs

If you want to call them a pack, sure. In some ways they are similar to those you would see howling on a hill in a national park. But these are urban coyotes. Hardened by life on the streets, wise in their dealings with people, and if you're a small dog, they're just as deadly as the Bloodhounds or the Hounds.

These gangs don't deal drugs. They cause death to pets.

It's not enough to just stroll through public parks. These urban jackals also extend their territory into residential areas and prey on dogs – running away with Pomeranians, pugs and small pooches. And because it's San Francisco, many pet owners complain that they don't give them sedatives, don't shoot them, and don't even remove the coyotes. Instead, they put up signs in parks.

The Wall Street Journal points out that animal lovers in San Francisco love coyotes much less, but they are drowned out by people who say, “Humans are intrusive and we need to learn to live together.”

That's what you say if it wasn't your dog that was stolen.

California actually bans coyote removal. They don't kill, they don't sterilize, they don't do anything.

In Frisco, small dogs are dressed in coyote vests. There are quills sticking out that make a Chihuahua look like a porcupine, because San Francisco is a world where coyotes run free.