Chester coyote with Larry and Cheryl
“Knowing him changes you.” ~ Larry, a Wisconsin trapper who adopted a coyote pup
It was June of 2016. I had a call from a Wisconsin trapper – and it was déjà vu all over again. Larry, a Wisconsin trapper and cattle rancher, had adopted an orphan coyote pup, then 4 years old. A DNR warden had shown up at their door to tell Larry’s wife, Cheryl, “We will be back to pick up your coyote to kill him.”
In February 2013 I wrote about a similar situation. Rick Hanestad and his two children had sought and found a coyote den after the mother was killed by a turkey hunter. She had been nursing, so they knew she died close to her den. A year later, with his then 7-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son bonded to the coyote as a family pet, a boundary…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Awwwww, what a cutie.
I did not realize that hounders could toss live wild “bait” into enclosures with hounds to “train” them to hate and kill, but I am sickened. It’s dangerous to give me yet another reason to despise the perverts who hunt with hounds and the wildlife “management” agencies who support and encourage these obscenities.
Nothing surprises me anymore. The lower you think you’ve seen people sink, there’s always a lower notch.
Yes, so true.
“To ensure the safety of his coyote, Rick Hanestad got his fur farm license and fenced the required 144-square-foot enclosure. To this day Rick takes his beloved coyote along to Nascar races, where he competes.”
Smart.