“If there’s a single species on this planet who tests our own mettle as humans, who pushes us to understand instead of judge, to study instead of kill, to coexist instead of dominate, to become more thoughtful and less fearful, it is the coyote.

I appreciate any animal that has the audacity to thrive in the face of human persecution and that, through that very persistence, give us opportunity after opportunity to improve ourselves as people and as neighbours.

The coyote not only accomplishes this, but does it with flair. It always feels like an honour to watch a coyote go about its day, knowing how much wisdom is in that wily mind and how much its presence in our world encourages us to be wiser as well.”

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My Big 5

Coyote
Gray Fox
River Otter
Brown Bear
Tule Elk