Coyote Watch Canada

- Song Dog Sunday - "Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar." - D.H. Lawrence ... copyright Ann Brokelman | Coyote Watch Canada

Huge shout out to the City of Brampton for this progressive planning and infrastructure initiative saving wild lives. "The project, which also includes 1,500 meters of wildlife barrier fencing, was designed in collaboration with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). The fencing and tunnels will help keep wildlife safe from passing cars, a City of Brampton spokesperson told blogTO.... "They enable wildlife to migrate for mating purposes and to return to their wetland homes so they don't have to cross the road, which can be dangerous," the city said. Turtles are attracted to the gravel shoulders of roads to lay their eggs, according to Credit Valley Conservation. A recent study estimates some turtle species in Ontario may decline by 50 percent over the next three generations due to road mortality." https://www.blogto.com//brampton-built-crossing-tunnels-/

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight als...o. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us. By Brian Jacques, Artist Wendy Rasmussen

Wildlife encounter prompts policies on safe coexistence.

If it's not ok to post, just remove it. From an email I received from "The Fur-Bearers" Here at The Fur-Bearers, we’ve been busy: meetings with top officials r...egarding fur farms in B.C., launched an official House of Commons petition calling on the government to ban fur farms nationally, and responding to numerous concerns about traps, wildlife conflict and pet safety. We’ve heard from a lot of supporters (and folks new to the fur farm problem), asking how they can take action. So, we put together a list. Please share it with friends, family, social media contacts and any other animal lover in your life: Sign ePetition 3096 to ask the House of Commons to end fur farms in Canada (copy/paste or click here: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details) Send a letter to decision makers in British Columbia, calling on them to end fur farming (copy/paste or click here: https://thefurbearers.com//b-c-action-alert-its-time-to-e/) Comment on the National Farm Animal Care Council proposed updates to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farmed Mink (copy/paste or click here: https://thefurbearers.com//take-action-the-failure-of-the/) Check out and share our high-level overview of fur farming in British Columbia (copy/paste or click here: https://thefurbearers.com//its-time-ending-fur-farming-in/) There are many other ways to communicate to your representatives right now, and the more they hear, the better! Thank you for sharing these important tools. Harrowing accounts of interactions with coyotes are making the rounds in media, as well as some misinformation about coyote behaviour. The Fur-Bearers has several educational articles that directly speak to concerns frequently raised on social media. Check them out, and remember to share or drop into comments when appropriate: The role of media in human-wildlife conflict (https://thefurbearers.com//the-role-of-media-in-human-wil/) Podcast: Aversion Conditioning for Urban Coyotes (https://thefurbearers.com//coyote-conversations-aversion-/) Shifting perspectives: Coyotes aren’t luring your dog and other myths busted (https://thefurbearers.com//shifting-perspectives-coyotes-/) Breaking down the coyote mating meme (https://thefurbearers.com//breaking-down-the-coyote-matin/) We at The Fur-Bearers are dedicated to using this opportunity to challenge the world to do better for the fur-bearing animals with whom we share our communities. Thank you for your ongoing support. For the animals, Lesley Fox Executive Director The Fur-Bearers https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details

Thank you so much to Michael Howie of Defender Radio Podcast & The Fur-Bearers for the opportunity to delve into our recently published work.

"Have a good night wildlife champions. We appreciate your continued support and compassion." - Coyote Watch Canada Canid Team -

On The Wildside: Encounter with wildlife brings to mind the song 'Muskrat Love' A wonderful piece by Ann Brokelman, author, wildlife advocate, photo-storyteller and Coyote Watch Canada Canid Response Team Lead Toronto Region. https://www.beachmetro.com//on-the-wildside-encounter-wit/

"Wild animals particularly rabbits, fawns, and birds are prone to a condition called capture myopathy. This is a complex disorder that results from the stress of being chased, captured, or even simply held by a human being. Although there are usually no signs of disease or injury, these animals simply die. Please: never capture or handle an animal unless instructed to do so by a wildlife rehabilitator. Otherwise, you run the very real risk of killing an animal that you intended to save". Via For Fox Sake Wildlife Rescue

#FlashbackFriday & CUTENESS alert!! We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable time outdoors this weekend! ... We just had to share this Coyote family 'meet and eat' interaction again. Turn it up! You can hear the whimpering while pups lick and nibble the mouth of the parent for regurgitated food. Reposted from @pathways_for_wildlife These are some happy and very hungry coyote pups we recorded at a small culvert under a busy highway we are monitoring for @postlandtrust Watch the adult's mouth closely as it is mobbed by the pup-pack for food. It is about to regurgitate a meal for them. The mother had 6 pups in totalSo amazing they survive next to a busy bay area highway #canislatrans #wildlifeconnectivity #coyote #wildlifetracking #coyotepack

How coyotes and humans can learn to coexist in cities. https://theconversation.com/how-coyotes-and-humans-can-lear via @ConversationCA

"Acoustic sensors placed in nature reserves or safaris can record events up to 1km (0.6 miles) away. It uses artificial intelligence to analyse audio for gunshots, alerting anti-poacher patrols." #WildlifeConservation

It’s Time to Thank Wolves by Rick Lamplugh, author and wildlife advocate As the season of giving thanks arrives, I think it’s time to thank wolves instead feari...ng, hating, and killing these essential predators. Here’s the story of how thousands of years ago wolves’ befriended us, shared with us, taught us, and helped us survive: http://bit.ly/ThankWolves Indie author Rick Lamplugh writes, speaks, and photographs to protect wildlife and wild lands. His bestselling In the Temple of Wolves; its sequel, Deep into Yellowstone; and its prequel, The Wilds of Aging are available signed at http://bit.ly/SignedForYou. Books are also available unsigned or as eBook or audiobook on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2QiAdVv. Wolf photo by Bob Haarmans CC by 2.0 Flickr

More Calgary coyote sightings? Experts say yes but not due to more animals | CBC News

What does coexistence with large carnivores actually mean? http://www.thewildlifenews.com//what-does-coexistence-wit/

Don't look for me in human shape. I am inside your looking. ~ Rumi ~ Photo Eastern coyote Anoeska Parker | Coyote Watch Canada

How 30 Million Bison Vanished By Rick Lamplugh, author and wildlife advocate https://bit.ly/BisonVanished Imagine, if you can, 30 million bison grazing across ...North America as settlers landed in 1607. Bison once roamed in at least 40 of the Lower 48 states. Some modern roads follow trails left by long gone bison. Now consider that those once mighty herds were reduced to just 325 wild bison surviving in the Lower 48 by 1884. How did so many bison vanish in less than 300 years? This is the third in a series of posts about the mismanagement of our national mammal. Snow has arrived and that means Yellowstone bison will soon start making their way out of the park interior and into the Gardiner Basin and what I call the killing zone. Bison can be shot when they step hoof out of Yellowstone after the November 15 start of the Montana bison hunt. And even before they leave the park many will be captured and shipped to slaughter. For this winter, 500 to 700 bison will be killed or captured. While these posts may be hard to stomach, it’s imperative that we understand not only how bison are mistreated but what is behind the mistreatment. To Read the Post: https://bit.ly/BisonVanished Award-winning Indie author Rick Lamplugh writes, speaks, and photographs to protect wildlife and wild lands. His bestselling In the Temple of Wolves; its sequel, Deep into Yellowstone; and its prequel, The Wilds of Aging are available signed at http://bit.ly/SignedForYou. Books are also available unsigned or as eBook or audiobook on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2QiAdVv. Photo by Rick Lamplugh

"We love wildlife crossings! This wildlife crossing over Highway 191 in Wyoming provides safe passage for pronghorns and other wildlife. According to the state, wildlife-vehicle collisions have been cut by more than 85% by the crossing." Twitter @CenterForBioDiv

Compassion Alert! Top of the morning to you with this wonderful story about a young coyote rescue by some really caring folks. https://wareham.theweektoday.com//decas-school-coyot/50720

~ Wild Wednesday ~ We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err. For the animal shall not be measure...d by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. Photo: my beautiful grandson Quote Henry Beston, The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod #wildwednesday #wildlifewednesday #natureliteracy #nature #coyotes See more

Via IUCN Canid Specialist Group "The Amazon’s short-eared dog was thought to be a scavenger. Now there’s video!" "Renata Leite Pitman, a leading researcher on the short-eared dog, also said she is not astonished by the incident, having baited short-eared dogs with peccary intestines for research purposes. However, she says this report is significant due to the distinct lack of documentation on the species."... https://news.mongabay.com//the-amazons-short-eared-dog-w/ Reserva Jaguarapira

#coexist A great message from our friends at Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan

"If food resources garbage, pet food, bird feeders and community behaviours, like intentional feeding or not wildlife proofing property, remain unchanged, it’s only a matter of time before other animals move in to fill the niche and the cycle begins again. It’s past time to accept that lethal methods and relocation are neither effective, sustainable nor humane approaches to human-wildlife conflicts. We need better solutions for coexistence. The question of how to coexist ...with wildlife in urban environments led to a research collaboration between me, an animal geographer at Queen’s University, and Coyote Watch Canada (CWC). Part of this has involved assessing nonlethal approaches to coyote management, including the use of aversion conditioning, also termed humane hazing. Aversion conditioning uses deterrents such as gestures, voice or a noisemaker during encounters, safely compelling wildlife to move away from humans." See more