Animals

4 Bad Case Of Mange

Second shot after cropping & editing. Now I knew for sure. This was indeed a coyote. And it was in very poor condition. Quite thin and the mange is very bad. However, it was not limping nor staggering. Just trotting at a fast pace like it had somewhere to be. I could hear crows in the trees above sounding an alert. After I took the 2 shots I went as fast as I could but it was way ahead of me and disappeared before I could even come close to catching up. I reached the end of the street where it came to a T and could not see it anywhere. Either it made a turn and then went on another street or it finally got off the street and cut between houses. No clue. I gave up and returned to see what I had. I sent the photos to an urban biologist friend who confirmed the mange and species and agreed the behavior was a bit odd.
Coyote (Canis latrans)

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