Originally Posted By: Kino M^^^^ totally agree. Coyotes are very very territorial and if the mother hasn't weaned its pups completely, the pups have little to no chance of making it and will certainly die a very long and painful death from dehydration or starvation. This is EXACTLY why I quit in March in case pups are born early and leave them alone until October.
That gives them every opportunity to be successful adults to hunt later on and IMO killing adult coyotes knowing there are needy pups is pretty dang cruel. Unless they are legitimate problem coyotes I leave them be.
It is interesting to me. How we base our opinions on what is true. I average out things I have witnessed. As I try to seek the truth or reality of the matter. It would be ignorant to believe I've seen it all. Not even close, is the reality of that. Not being a coyote, fox or wolf. We can be right, come close, way off base. Or otherwise theorize in our own experiences. I also happen to believe even Biologists sometimes are a skew in their summations. Because reality is, they have not seen it all either. Reminds of me people claiming to know what a coyote vocal actually means. Even the most Worldly of them. May come close to the truth. But again that is theory. Getting back on target. I'm pretty sure. Coyotes are not into welfare. haha