. . . and I jumped up from my office chair and grabbed my camera. She looked hurt and stumbled around the side of the house. At the back deck we watched it go behind he next door neighbors house moving slow. We called the wildlife shelter to get advice on what to do since it looked hurt and not doing so well. They said to try to catch it by putting a trashcan or box over it if we could get that close. Otherwise there was not much to do. “Good luck” said a doubtful woman. I grabbed my camera and went to check out the coyote a little closer and asses the situation.
I found her down below the house moving slow. I just watched and followed for a little while and noticed that she moved away from me if I got close enough. Her eyes looked damaged and one of them looked completely gone. The side of our house has a dog pen that we can open on one side and I realized Kelley and I could probably herd her into the pen to catch her.
Back at the house I told Kelley the plan and I set out to find the coyote again. I passed the spot i last saw her and went down, araound and up another street. No luck. I texted Kelley to see where she was. She was below our house near where I last saw the coyote. “Look between the houses”, I texted. ” I see her” Kelley replied.
I ran up the street and found them. We worked our way towards the house, herding the coyote towards our pen. She went right in! She stumbled over the stairs like she could not even see them. We closed the pen and saw her bump into the fence at several spots and realized she was completely blind. Kelley called the wildlife shelter.
“My husband just called a little while ago about a coyote. We got it”
“You did???”
I don’t think anyone has ever called back with a positive catch before. They were shocked. A volunteer came over to check her out. We gave her food and water and the volunteer went to get a cage to transport her to a vet.
She did not want to be in captivity, but she would most likely have died out on her own. Ann from the shelter said it looked like the coyotes eyes were burned from ammonia. She said people throw ammonia on them to keep them away form their property. I cannot believe how disrespectful people are to our Natural Suroundings. These beautiful animals were here first and have a right to live their lives among the woods surrounding our homes. People have been known to put ammonia in balloons and put grease on the outside and when the coyote bites the balloons they get a chemical burn. Humans can be cruel. Yet humans can be loving and kind.
Within 2 hours of seeing the coyote stumble past my window she was off to the vet and hopefully rehabilitation if they can fix her eye. If not, she may be able to find a preserve of some sort to live out her days in relative safety.
We are glad she found her way across our path. Please join me in my mission of bringing powerful love into the world and helping all of natures beings.
Kevin Klein Photography 