canadian wildlife

Project Coyote

3 coyotes in Mississauga. Credits to my niece.

It’s still Coyote Awareness Week (March 16–22), leading us to Coyote Day on March 23—a time to stand for coexistence, understanding, and respect.

Despite their resilience and vital role in ecosystems, coyotes continue to face widespread persecution through trapping, poisoning, and killing contests.

This week, Project Coyote is sharing science, stories, and solutions to help communities live alongside coyotes peacefully—and to replace fear with knowledge.

If you feel called, you can take part here:
🐾 Take the Coyote Pledge + access the toolkit:
👉 Take the Coyote Pledge

And you can support their work:
💙 Donate: https://projectcoyote.org/donate
🛍️ Shop: https://projectcoyote.teemill.com/

Every small action helps protect one of North America’s most iconic and misunderstood wild canids.

Together, we can create a future where coyotes are not feared—but respected, protected, and allowed to simply be 🐺💙

🐾 Coyote Watch Canada

An Easter coyote, Valentine’s Day 2026. Picture taken by my neighbour.

During Coyote Awareness Week (March 16–22), leading up to Coyote Day on March 23, we take a moment to recognize one of North America’s most intelligent and misunderstood wild beings.

Coyotes are deeply family-oriented, devoted to their mates and pups, and play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by naturally balancing rodent populations.

This week is about celebrating peaceful coexistence—those quiet, meaningful moments where humans and coyotes share the same landscape.

Coyote Watch Canada is inviting you to be part of this celebration.
You can share your own coyote stories, photos, artwork, or poems here:
👉 https://form.jotform.com/260693777696075 

If you feel called, you can also support their work:
🛍️ Shop: https://www.coyotewatchcanada.com/site/shop
💙 Donate: https://www.coyotewatchcanada.com/site/donate

Let’s continue replacing fear with knowledge, and protecting the wild ones who walk beside us 🐾💙

🐾🚫 Alberta: End the Coyote Hunting Contest Now

In Alberta, a hunting contest has been announced that rewards participants with cash prizes for killing the most coyotes—including a category for children. Change.org+1
This isn’t wildlife management—it’s a massacre promoted as “sport”.

⚠️ The science shows this kind of mass killing doesn’t work. Disrupting coyote family units often leads to more conflict, not less. TheRockies.Life+1

We must stand up for compassion, science, and coexistence.
👉 Please sign the petition and share this link so more voices demand that Alberta stop these contests once and for all.
Sign here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-alberta-coyote-hunting-contest/psf/promote_or_share?message=sign-success

🐺💔 Nova Scotia: Let Wildlife Rehabbers Help Coyotes in Need

Coyotes are intelligent, social, family-oriented animals — yet in Nova Scotia, licensed wildlife rehabbers are not allowed to care for injured, sick, or orphaned coyotes. This means countless animals who could be saved are instead left to suffer or die.

This petition asks the Nova Scotia government to change this outdated restriction and allow trained, experienced rehabbers to provide proper care — the same compassion offered to foxes, raccoons, owls, deer, and other wildlife.

✨ Coyotes deserve humane treatment.
✨ Injured animals deserve a chance.
✨ The public deserves a compassionate, science-based policy.

Please sign and share the petition to help protect vulnerable coyotes and support the rehabbers ready to help them. Every signature matters. 💙🐾
👉 Sign here: https://c.org/BTCtfjY6fn