Coyotes kill Hiker in Cape Breton Park.

Donnie Mac Leod · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:36 am

By CBC News, cbc.ca, Updated: October 28, 2009 8:42 AM Coyotes kill woman in Cape Breton

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc- ... d=22428603

A 19-year-old woman has died after being attacked by two coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

"In situations like a national park [where] usually there's no hunting and no trapping allowed, they can get used to a human presence and not have much fear of any retribution," Bancroft told CBC News.

And the ARA want these animals protected despite the obvious risks to humans and other animals. In fact the coyotes here have pretty much decimated the deer herds of Cape Breton Island. They caused the extinction of deer on Scaterie Island off Cape Breton's Coast which had a median number of 150 deer for at least 100 years. They have adversely affected the ability of other predators such as Lynx &,Bobcat & Foxes to survive. Coyote/hybrid wolfs kill other predators and chase them from their kills which causes starvation within the ranks of the animals that coyotes steal from.

Iowanic · **Joined:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:17 am **Posts:** 8922

Bad scene.

Donnie Mac Leod · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:31 pm

Iowanic wrote:

Bad scene.

A very Talented Young Lady who had a bright future Iowanic. Might want to check out her music here.

http://www.myspace.com/taylormitchellband

paulfinn31 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:35 am

What a tragic and a sad thing. we should learn something out of this incident.

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Donnie Mac Leod · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:09 am

paulfinn31 wrote:

What a tragic and a sad thing. we should learn something out of this incident.

Parks Canada has learned something. They are now starting to realize that creating an artificial environment with no threats to top predators is risky. Animals such as these hybrid wolves could cause humans their right to truly defend themselves from animals who are being trained to think humans can not defend themselves. Lab results prove that the coyote shot feeding upon the young lady was healthy. Being healthy seems to show the attack upon the young lady was as food. It seems the hybrid wolves were hunting her. The carnage was so bad that even though the folks that called 911 were there when she was still alive they could not rescue her as the hybrid wolfs ripped her apart. Took about 30-40 minutes for RCMP officer to arrive and he shot the first coyote killing it feeding and the second one still stayed long enough to be wounded by a second shot from the officer. That point alone would indicate the animals felt they were masters over the body & any human in their way. Not a good thing for folks to come to term with as they travel through that park.
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