Comments on: Canadian Singer Taylor Mitchell Dies After Brutal Coyote Attack

By: steve johnson

steve johnson — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:31:21 +0000

The Lord giveth
and the Coyote taketh away
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

By: Harper

Harper — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:13:57 +0000

Coyote attacks in New England are on the rise! They are pack hunting during the day and are attacking people with large dogs. My trash cans are untouched, but almost nightly we hear a kill call in our backyard. One chased my dog into our back door and almost into the house! He was a very healthy specimen and the size of a very large leggy German Shepherd.
I feel sorry for them, but they are NOT native to here and are extremely overpopulated and are killing cats and dogs all around us. I haven’t seen a deer or deer markings in years…..

By: Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cape Breton Highlands National Park — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:57:06 +0000

The eastern coyote is descended from western coyotes which expanded their range northeastward as humans wiped out the native wolf populations. On the way, they interbred with wolves in northern Ontario and Québec. This means the animals in eastern Canada are actually a coyote-wolf mix, combining the wolf’s hunting prowess with the coyote’s adaptability to human activities. The eastern coyote is somewhat larger than its western ancestors because of its wolf blood.

The eastern coyote migrated to Nova Scotia in the late 1970s and had arrived in Cape Breton Highlands National Park by 1981. It may be competition for red foxes, bobcats and lynx which depend on snowshoe hares and rodents for food, like the coyote. Although it is a fairly large carnivore and sometimes hunts in packs, it has not filled the shoes of the wolf as the natural predator of moose, except in the spring when they sometimes take calves.

By: C. Ray

C. Ray — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:24:49 +0000

What an idiot!! She didn’t look anything like a deer!!!

By: joann

joann — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:07:24 +0000

darn,this is such a sad story. she was a wonderful singer and had so much to give. only God knows why.

By: MD

MD — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:47 +0000

Some info on coyotes:

Eastern Coyotes tend to be bigger than Western Coyotes.

Through Mitochondrial DNA analysis, biologists have found Canadian Grey wolf genes in Eastern coyotes, & that this hybridization likely took place in Ontario Canada.

Coyotes are presently the most abundant livestock predators in Western North America, once a coyote learns that young livestock are easy prey, depredation can become a large problem.

Larger packs of coyotes can bring down larger prey such as an adult elk.

By: Jace Shoemaker-Galloway

Jace Shoemaker-Galloway — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:45:41 +0000

Oops! Thank you so much for pointing that out!

By: error

error — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:36:16 +0000

‘Park Superintendent Helene Robichard said that the usual attack may’

unusual… unusual attack.

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