Coyotes are roaming San Francisco's empty streets as the city's shelter-in-place order keeps people in their homes

• Coyotes are being spotted in San Francisco as the city and region hunkers down due to a shelter-in-place order to contain the coronavirus disease.
• The animals are native to California and were once seen in the bay until hunting and poisoning nearly wiped them out.
• The canines are taking advantage of the city's empty, humanless streets as the number of confirmed cases in the city hit 223.
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San Francisco has all but turned into a ghost town as the city and region enters week two of a three-week shelter-in-place order to contain the coronavirus disease.

But there have been some coyote sightings throughout the city as much of the city has been shut down.

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