Archived Opinion
Coyotes can be loving
To the Editor:
I was sad to read the article “Wolf Tales” in last week’s edition of The Smoky Mountain News. Rob Gudger has found the truth about the two sides of wolves, but he only found one side of coyotes.
As a baby, my parents found a puppy beside the road and for two years it was our pet dog. Then the veterinarian had to put it to sleep because it had rabies. Afterward, the vet told my parents that it was not a dog but a coyote.
While alive, I’m told it had been my guardian between the ages of 2 and 4 years old.
There is also a second side to coyotes. No coyote has ever attacked a human. You are doing to coyotes what others do to wolves.
Donna Catheart
Jonathan Creek
