Hey Moose 1915, I'm one of the so called jackasses that believe that the nysdec would put cats out to control the coyote population, without public notice. I guess that if you don't see them they don't exist, right? Ask anybody if they seen a 200 class whitetail deer in NY, just because you don't see them dosen't mean they don't exist? Last time I checked, central NY is a pretty big place, I highly doubt that you have checked everyplace, oh yeah, I forgot, your all seeing and all knowing so you have been everywhere? Just because it is written in the paper or written on the internet dosen't mean it is 100% true, and maybe you can find thousands of articles on the topic that you can show us jackasses, But the bottom line is we only know what they want us to know. I know first hand that they are in NY, seen them ,touched them, released them. So before you run off at the mouth and insult all the people who view this website, get your facts straight, and don't believe everything you read.