Coyotes stage comeback in Florida as residents report surge in sightings

Florida officials hail rare native wildlife success story and people have more chance of being killed by a golf ball than a coyote

From dwindling numbers of manatees, to Everglades critters decimated by invasive Burmese pythons, Florida has become more familiar in recent years with losing its native wildlife than gaining it.

But a surge in the number of coyote sightings around the state is raising eyebrows, and in some places concern, as the species known as barking dogs spreads further into the state.