A simple title for todays Post is COYOTES FOREVER---Hopefully the pup in the video link truly was not taken from it's mother and that in fact it was an orphan.....Once a pup is removed from the wild, very hard for them to be reintroduced back out there---CAUTION!!!!!........How we as a species feel it is ok to kill tens of thousands of Coyotes annually(and yet they endure) is beyond me...........Your thoughts?

YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS LINK.........AND THEN WATCH AGAIN!
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Fishermen teach an 'orphaned' coyote pup how to howl
Read more at http://pickle.nine.com.au/2016/06/15/09/39/orphaned-coyote-pup-taught-to-howl#0aqV7M4Lo8dBbjXV.99

Nature photographer Tyler Goodale is used to getting up close and personal with the native wildlife in his home state of Missouri. However not even he could contain his wonder when he shared a Facebook video of a coyote pup engaging in an adorable duet with a fishing buddy.

According to Goodale, his friend found the "orphaned" pup (we want to believe but quite often, pups aren't actually orphaned) and rescued it. The two clearly struck up a bond, and he began to teach the little critter Coyote 101 – how to howl.

And boy, does it have a set of lungs on it!

Goodale's footage has been watched over 11 million times in three days with many people saying how adorable it is. And it is totally adorable.

But are we sure that pup isn't just throwing out a rescue siren for mum to come and get him?

Read more at http://pickle.nine.com.au/2016/06/15/09/39/orphaned-coyote-pup-taught-to-howl#0aqV7M4Lo8dBbjXV.99
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FROM THE COYOTE YIPPS BLOG SITE(2011)

Hi Ginny –

Thanks for sharing your concerns — it’s a very interesting situation. From my own experience and from what I have read, coyote pups are keenly watched by their parents — either by one or by both parents. Even if a parent is not apparently around, the parent/s are always close by and ready to defend the pups if necessary. I should add that I have seen a mother coyote keep an eye on her brood from a huge distance away — she kept an eye on them as she relaxed in the sunshine. And then I saw her dash off in their direction, but I do not know why. Mothers do leave their pups when they go off to hunt, but she tucks them away in a safe spot where they normally stay. 

Other possible explanations for pups without a parent close by, include an overtaxed single parent who happens to be in hot pursuit of prey nearby, or a parent holding off another dog which had chased it in hopes that that dog wouldn’t find the pups. Worse would be if the parents have been injured or are ill and unable to defend their brood, or if they’ve met an untimely death.

More than likely, the pups just strayed from where they were supposed to stay put. But it wouldn’t hurt to check on them.

Maybe you could take walks in that area of the woods for the next few days until you can figure out the situation? Whatever you do, don’t get too close to the pups and don’t try picking them up — a parent coyote may come out of hiding to ferociously defend its young. If you continue to see the pups without a parent, you have a dilemma: I’m not sure the pups can survive without their parents, however anything you do to interfere is going to alter their natural lives forever.

If you see the pups alone again, you could call the humane society. If they are progressive, they would help raise the pups in such a way so that they won’t become habituated and so that they can be released again into the wild. Most humane societies are not equipped to do this.

You could also leave the pups to see if they make it on their own — maybe the humane society could suggest a way for you to help these pups without actually intruding on them or overtly interfering so as not to habituate them or alter their wildness?