We have 4 coyote at GarLyn Zoological Park. The original coyote pair were given to the zoo in the fall of 2000 and bred the following spring. The weather was cold and rainy and when the pups were born, but we managed to raise two of the male pups. They have great personality and love attention. They are a little bit shy with strangers. Coyote are a naturally shy animal. I find coyote to be more dog like than I thought they were. We still have the two pups now 6 years old and they are still just as friendly as ever. Pictured below is one of the two pups that we hand raised. I no longer think of coyote as just a varmint animal. Although the ones that come in at night after the birds don't rate very high on my list. They are fed a high protein meat base dog food, chicken, and small mammals when available. Coyote do produce a powerful musk smell in their urine as do fox, but much stronger than that of fox. Similar to skunk spray in smell but not quite as strong and is only present in the immediate area.

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