Pets and young children are at risk of poisoning when coyote poisons are applied. When coyote poisons are applied even with caution, they can be consumed by pets and young children. This is because pets and young children may not be able to tell that the substance is harmful. Thus, when pets and young children come across poisons, they may consume them directly. Young children and pets may also come across the poisons and touch them. Afterward, they could use the contaminated hand without washing it. In this case, they get poisoned indirectly. Because there are chances of direct and indirect poisoning of young children and pets, we do not advise the poisoning of coyotes. If the poisons were designed to cause harm to only coyotes, they would be safer to use, however, this is not the case.