‘Mutant’ coyotes with icy blue eyes photographed in and near Pt. Reyes
Daniel Dietrich was driving around Point Reyes National Seashore one afternoon last year when he saw a flash of piercing blue. It was a coyote.
Animal rights groups, Arizona hunters at odds over wildlife hunting contests
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Is calling an animal and killing it in a contest a method of hunting and way to help manage coyote populations, or is it a blood sport and ruthless means to slaughter a wild animal?
Mutant blue-eyed coyotes spreading through California
LAST SPRING, A photographer and guide in northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore named Daniel Dietrich spotted an unusual animal: A female coyote with blue eyes. Blue is an incredibly rare eye color for coyotes, and it’s likely caused by a chance mutation.
Around the town: Film and panel discussion on wildlife killing contests
There will be a free screening of the documentary Killing Games: Wildlife in the Crosshairs at Coconino Center for the Arts on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Editorial: Let this latest trapping death of a pet be NM’s last
It’s barbaric. It’s dangerous. It’s archaic and a practice whose time has come and gone. Yet unlike too many of its victims, trapping is alive and well in New Mexico.