ya coyotes eats peoples pets. and there is probably to many of them. but if all the dogs get killed then we get to many rodents. rats, squirrels. same with the bobcats they probably eat more rodents than anything else. SWAG of course no scientific evidence on my part. I do know there is way less land than what use be. so more interaction with people. I don't prefer to shoot them but if it gets near my chickens or pet dogs . yep I will shoot it. hahahaha.
when I was a youngster, like 16 years old I was fishing alone at Palo Verde Lake in Alpine at the very east end of the lake for catfish. I was killing the cats by the way. started getting dark, I had them surround me. yelping & growling. I tossed a bunch of cat fish on the ground and made my hurried exit. hahahaa lucky I was not the meal that day.