It was around seven o’clock last night when we spotted what we thought was a fox in Brackenridge Park, the creature came out of the shadows of the Joske Pavillion (No lights on). To our surprise it was a Coyote that ran by on the sidewalk. In the spring of 2022, we spotted a wild […]
Tag: Coyote
Ballsy Mountain Lion Saunters into Woman’s Home and Tries to Drag Her Dog Off by the Neck
We’ve all heard some startling stories recently about ballsy mountain lions and coyotes behaving a bit out of character. Even some bears have just barged right in. They’re usually food related, but this one is pretty scary. It seems a woman in Sonoma County, California, had an encounter with a puma that had the cheek […]
Coyote Rescued After Wandering into Middle School and Released Back into the Wild
A Coyote was rescued and released after wandering into a bathroom stall in a California middle school this week. An Animal Services Officer with Riverside County safely removed the young male from the school and released him back into the wild. According to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services (RCDAS), a middle school in […]
More than 1,000 coyotes have been slaughtered in Oregon’s ‘killing contests’ over the past 4 years
Earlier this week, we led a coalition of organizations in submitting a petition to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission proposing a ban on killing contests in the state. Wildlife killing contests are grisly events where participants compete to kill as many animals as possible for the chance to win cash and prizes. For instance, […]
Roadrunner Escapes Coyote By Jumping In Arizona Ranger’s Truck
Beep, beep! An Arizona Park Ranger experienced something straight out of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Remember the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote… well their ongoing feud has come to life in Lost Dutchman State Park. A roadrunner was being chased by a tenacious coyote and managed to escape by leaping into the truck of […]
Coyotes need humane, scientific solutions to potential conflicts
There is an aggressive group of anti-coyote propogandists emerging in many communities, as a recent article in the Los Angeles Times on the presence of coyotes in a dozen or so California localities suggests. The belligerence of these propagandists, and their disdain for best practices for managing coyotes’ presence in urban and suburban communities, should […]
Is the Jaguarundi Extinct in the United States?
A few times a year, wildlife officials in Texas receive excited phone calls. “I just saw something that looks like a really big cat, or maybe a giant weasel,” a caller might say. “Was it a jaguarundi?” No, they’re not reporting a sighting of a mythical beast like the chupacabra. But they might as well […]
The Story Behind the Birth of Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups
At the heart of this unique story is a pair of red wolves – dubbed 2225F and 2323M. The Canis rufus couple renewed and sparked hope for the critically endangered red wolf species when they recently became parents to six pups – the first litter born in the wild since 2018. Red wolves are on […]