Urban Wildlife - WeHo Coyote Redux
These photos were actually taken a week ago. I initially selected only the two best photos for publication, but in light of the extensive public interest in this topic around the blogosphere (see Wildbell's [sic] and
Heathervescent over at Metroblogging LA), I decided to post this additional photo series. Through diligent application of the Cesar Milan "calm-assertive" method, I was able to win the trust of these wild dogs. They were soon eating out of my hand, fetching, heeling and even rolling over on command.
[Note: the top two photos and the last photo feature the coyote young'un mentioned in the previous post!]
posted by liquidpremium at 11:51 AM
3 Comments:
Exceptional! Thanks for the added pics!
They are not wild dogs! They are coyotes and if you feed them you are setting them up for trouble. Hand fed coyotes tend to become aggressive with humans who don't have food for them. We just had a similar situation here in Arizona. Some idiots were hand feeding coyotes and the coyotes ended up biting 7 people and had to be destroyed. They are scavengers and generally do very well finding food in urban environments. Feeding them is against the law in AZ. You aren't doing them any favors by teaching them to approach humans.
The article is meant to be tongue in cheek; I would never feed wild animals.
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