A thin coyote who had been kept in a small wire cage on a fur and urine farm in Ohio recently arrived at a wildlife rehabilitator’s home. Some states still allow native carnivores like coyotes to be held captive so people can collect their urine so it can be used (or marketed) for dubious purposes, including to deter deer from gardens. Now saved from that farm, this coyote is learning what safety and care feel like. “She receives two warm meals a day along with her kibble,” said Gwen Hoogendoorn, her rehabilitator, who is trying to get the coyote’s weight back up before finding her permanent placement in a wildlife sanctuary.
