Residents living nearby say there have been coyote sightings from time-to-time, but this collection of anywhere between 8 and 20 has gotten attention. They heard howling, looked across the street to the levee along the Orleans Canal between Filmore Avenue and Allen Toussaint Boulevard and saw a pack of coyotes. They took pictures on their phones of the unusual sighting. “Growing up here and having City Park across the street we’ve had sightings here and there,” Blanchard said. “There was kind of an influx after Katrina but it died down, so that degree, especially with babies in the pack was just a little alarming. Seems like a bigger problem now.” We counted at least eight coyotes in the video, but Blanchard said there could have been up to 20 in the pack. Nuisance wildlife expert Joe Andrade says that’s a large number for an urban area and a possible reflection of the local coyote population. “It’s definitely growing and when they do disperse, they’re not going to disperse into the woods,” Andrade said. “They’re going to disperse and make territories in different parts of the urban area, Metairie, New Orleans.”