09/20/2026
Although Eastern coyotes may appear fully grown at 5 months of age, they are still very young in experience about the world around them. It is not uncommon or unnatural for the entire family to be seen together during certain times of the year such as the fall. Folks can be unnerved seeing such an amazing family group.
Please give coyotes and other canids the social distancing they need to thrive. Many juveniles will be leaving home over the next year, and as you can imagine, this is a stressful, curious, and scary time for these young ones. They are leaving behind their home, familiarity and protection of the only family they have known.
Our appreciation, patience, and understanding during these developmental/seasonal milestones provide coyotes with healthy and safe boundaries. Humans must champion respect, reverence and restraint by honouring coyote’s wildness and not attempt to diminish appropriate and necessary boundaries between us and them.
1. 🐕🦺Please DO NOT allow a dog to chase, play-engage, or harass canids (fox, wolf, coyote).
2. 🚯Please DO NOT feed wildlife. Dispersal time is essential for a young coyote to find their own way in the world. They will establish their very own new homerange and territory if there is vacant habitat. Feeding them disrupts this natural process causing just a "passing through" coyote to overstay their welcome.
3. 🚷Never encourage a coyote to approach you by luring with food, smells, sounds or human items such as clothing, toys and other novel attractants.
Coexisting with coyotes and other wildlife is a mindful, daily mindset about our more-than-human world. Coexistence guidelines and best practices as responsible stewards that we need to extend to nature require our unfettered commitment.
📷 Canid Response Team | Coyote Watch Canada
Super interesting study.
Link: Hennessy, C. A., J. Dubach and S. D. Gehrt. Long-term pair bonding and genetic evidence for monogamy among urban coyotes (Canis latrans). Journal of Mammalogy, 93(3):732-742; 2012
Chicago
Ohio State University. "Urban coyotes never stray: New study finds 100 percent monogamy." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2012. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120925142549.htm?fbclid=IwAR2_nOVpZk3G8E9AsNhwCuxuhWgq_JxRLwlIhuN8jyfIlrJzd7BxLq3qD5Y
"I have an old coyote on my property. I enjoy watching him on his daily rounds. Been watching him for about five years. My dogs quit barking at him years ago. He mingles around my horses. He is unique." ~Uplifting Quote by friend & Keeper of the Land, Ed.
THANK YOU AND BIG SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE who has written, called and who collaborate with us, other organizations and citizen initiatives striving to safely coexist in shared spaces with canids.
Together we can!
In gratitude, The Canid Response Team | Coyote Watch Canada
