@rylan_wolpdog somebody's jealous they don't have levator anguli oculi medialis muscles. (wolves can't use their eyebrows for facial expressions) coyote can literally mogg
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 evidently over the course of years....it has. While it is important, and I do understand to never try to raise wildlife yourself, (believe me I've had the chance) every one in a million, you get an incredible story like her's. The facts are she's happy and healthy where she is.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 the risk of danger will always be present to weave, human contact or none. just look at urban coyotes, they don't need to be handled to get comfortable around people, they do that regardless. I'm not encouraging keeping a coyote. my only argument is she's special.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 the evidence of Weave's continued life is its own argument. The respect and bond they share is unique. life in a sanctuary wouldn't be much better, she'd be always safe sure, but she'd be in an enclosure, instead of Tim's large wooded property to move about as she pleases.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 there's no confirmation of Weave's siblings death being a cause of human acclimation. coyotes are always targets, even regular pets are shot by hunters, ranchers or even just malicious neighbors. Weave's been alive for again, years. Tim has raised and save other orphans too.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 a sanctuary would have given the same survival odds she has now, human contact and bottle feeding, cars, guns, other coyotes, the wild isn't kind to orphaned pups. she doesn't need "specialty care", she's an outlier case of rare circumstance, not a model for common behavior.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 she would've died if it wasn't for him. she was a sick and lone pup when he first started feeding her. at a sanctuary she would've been paired and dropped somewhere with the same human acclimation. it's a one in a million case and the years she's been around prove her case.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 now you're just lashing at Tim. you're insulting and virtue signalling, blowing a one in a million relationship way out of proportion out of hate.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 - which is skittish and extremely cautious by nature. she's in danger of being shot by any malicious person just like any other wild predator. weave isn't domesticated as she's demonstrated perfectly if you follow her, in her eyes that house is just her weird pack.
@theclergycat@skeimby@Delta_Coyote27 He doesn't have any young children. Weave has disappeared for weeks at a time and returned healthy or with animal scraps/bones so she's clearly able to function in the wild. the fact that she's tame with him and his wife/pets does not change her behavior as a coyote, -