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Even if you consider yourself immune to the charms of coyotes, the blog Daily Coyote might still win you over. It’s run by Shreve Stockton, the writer behind Vespa Vagabond (notes on a cross-country trip on a Vespa) and Eating Gluten Free who now lives in Wyoming and is the recent recipient of an orphaned coyote named Charlie. His parents were shot after they were caught killing sheep, and he ended up on her doorstep. The pictures on the site are not recent–those are reserved for subscribers to the weekly newsletter, available for $5/month–but the ones available have a high cute toxicity (and were naturally scouted by Cute Overload). Stockton makes it clear on her site that she doesn’t consider Charlie a pet, but more of a simpatico house mate. The only wild animals I’ve ever attempted to raise were…well, not wild, exactly, but they were tadpoles & they were exotic enough to me. My mom let us keep them until they were somewhere safely in the toad stage, and even taught us how to massage their bellies so that they’d pass out! I have to try that again sometime. (via GalleyCat)
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i’m not a writer, but i did once help raise wild animals. when i was about 10 at big storm blew through (texas) during school, after school i was playing when i found a bird’s nest that had fallen probably 20-30 feet out of a tree. the nest was being investigated by ants, and one baby bird was already dead. just as i was debating what to do, my mom came home and we rescued the 2 survivors. they were still balls of skin with their eyes closed. we (mostly my mom) fed them and watched them grow. they turned out to be mocking birds. when it was time for them to learn to fly, we took them to a bird sanctuary to learn to fly and fend for themselves. a few months later we went back to watch their release into the wild.
posted by tami on 12-4-2007 at 4:14 pm
I visited the daily coyote blog, and the cute factor is definitely up there! Charlie is such a precious and beautiful creature, its nice to see someone so willing to give up so much of herself to take care of him and love him.
posted by Kriti on 12-4-2007 at 4:29 pm