Crime Watch Updates

The Coyotes Have Returned to Pennsbury Village!

The Pennsylvania Game Commission states that there has been a major increase of coyote sightings in Western Pennsylvania and Pennsbury Village is no exception.  Residents are now reporting multiple sightings of small groups of coyotes within the Borough.

Please do not attempt to approach or feed any wild animals.  These animals are wild and unpredictable. They can cause injury to yourself and/or your neighbors.

Coyotes, for the most part, are afraid of humans and usually will run from you.  However given the heavy snow, cold weather, and lack of food in the wild, many smaller animals are venturing into more populated areas.  Because the larger animals use the smaller animals as a food source, they tend to follow them, where ever they go.  As soon as the weather breaks most of these animals will return back to the heavy woods.

While we understand that it is human nature to want  to help feed the wildlife during the winter months, it is causing everyone a safety issue.  Feeding the smaller animals attracts the coyotes even closer to our homes.  We consider this to be a major safety issue to the public.  Anyone caught feeding wild animals may be prosecuted by the Borough.

Pet owners should immediately take precautions when walking your pet.  There is a very remote possibility that a coyote could try to attack a pet that is being walked on a leash.  Pet owners should immediately refrain from walking pets close to the boarding wooded areas of the Village, especially at night.  Cat owners, who illegally let there pets wonder outside off of a leash stand a good chance of never seeing their pet again.  You have been warned!