I Am Coyote with permission of Jim Koon What is wildness? What is it that makes Coyote wild? Why is their wildness so terribly needed in our world today? Can we humans of the 21st century…who are SO domesticated…have any sense of what it is to be wild? On the other hand, our Native Peoples…
Coyote Pup in Southern Maine with Mange Why does this small Coyote pup look like this? Where is her beautiful coat? This young coyote pup is suffering from a painful affliction that often causes them to endure a slow and painful death. It is mange. What causes this affliction? RODENT POISONS And this is just…
Photo by: Andy Marks How many of you have awoken to the night time serenade of wild song? And why the song, and who is singing it? And where is the songster? Or how many of you have experienced one moment of that Coyote stare when the two of you met by chance …Coyote then…
Keystone Carnivore Photo by: Shreve Stockton Human Health is inextricably tied to the health of animals and the environment. And today we are seeing serious outbreaks of disease that are truly becoming epidemics. So here in Maine we are seeing the latest outbreak of rabies in our foxes, and then there is the ongoing epidemic…
“Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. Thus we should preserve every SCRAP OF BIODIVERSITY as priceless while we LEARN to use it and come to understand what it means We study and save it to our great benefit…. We ignore and…
HIDDEN IN OUR FORESTS AND FARMS, COYOTES ARE PERFORMING THEIR CLASSIC CANINE LEAP It is a delight to observe their physical agility, the shifting of their ears back and forth….listening, listening to sounds we can never hear. BUT …. know that this repeated leap many times a day, every day of the week, can be…
LIKE US ~ WILDLIFE REQUIRE A HEALTHY HOME AS WELL. A HABITAT Large carnivores like Coyotes require a home – a healthy habitat – no matter where they live. Whether they live on a farm, in suburbia or the city, they require a refuge, clean water, adequate prey. In our ever increasing human population, it…
HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THE MEDIA ~ when it seeks to demonize our carnivores, especially Coyote? Here we are in the Spring time of Maine. And along with all the songs of our returning birds and the peepers in our ponds, I began hearing from a number of concerned Maine people. They were in…
photo by Shreve Stockton HABITAT – HABITAT – HABITAT There is ever increasing research pointing out that habitat can greatly affect the relationship between predators and their prey. When we change the landscape by logging or development or building roads….and so many other ways, the relationship of our wild species can be affected,…
Spring is arriving, and all new life is appearing~ How DIVERSE AND HEALTHY is this life? Are the predators present? Is the KEYSTONE PREDATOR present? FOR PREDATION IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVER OF DIVERSITY ON OUR PLANET EARTH! Renowned biologist and researcher of our great carnivores, George Schaller has spoken of predation: “There is neither cruelty…