AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Dan Eaton has trapped coyotes in some
unlikely places.

``We've even caught them in downtown Atlanta,'' he said.

``They're anywhere you can think of.''

Closer to home, the president of CSRA Trapping Services has removed the secretive predators from urban locales along Washington Road and the creeks that zig-zag through Augusta.

``Creeks are natural highways,'' he said. ``Lots of coyotes live right here in town.''

If you see them at all, it's usually by accident.

The mostly nocturnal coyote that thrives in all 159 Georgia counties might also be your next-door neighbor.

In fast-growing Columbia County, where suburban subdivisions often jut into previously undeveloped wilderness, coyote sightings have been common for years, said Emergency Services Director Pam Tucker.

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