in the shooters defence, coyotes have increased in number since the turn of the century- so much so that they are quite a nuiscence creature in many areas- especially when they can and do go after smaller livestock and pets- this is especially true in the western states- and as coyotes breed with dogs, we are getting bigger animals that have less fear of humans- thus they tend to show up in your back yard, eating trash and generally being annoying- add to this that the animal was obviously diseased- and try to capture it- sorry, that comes a bit close to home, as I just tried to rescue a young ferral cat living in a storm drain- I will have permanent scars from this endevor, Trying to capture a diseased wild animal is a very bad joke- and anyone who has tried will tell you so- add to this that the critter was crawling under her house- any animal controll agent I know would take one look at that and ask for a gun.......
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