humane wildlife management

🐺 Coyote Awareness Week: Petitions You Can Sign to Help Protect Coyotes

A beautiful coyote eating, Ecomuseum, taken by me.

There are voices that are silenced every day.

Not because they don’t matter,
but because they are wild.

Coyotes continue to be misunderstood, persecuted, and killed across North America—often without reason, without science, and without compassion.

This Coyote Awareness Week, I’m asking you to do something simple, but powerful:

👉 Sign and share these petitions.

Each one is a chance to stand beside them.

🇨🇦 Stop the Alberta Coyote Hunting Contest

A cruel and outdated practice that turns killing into entertainment.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/stop-alberta-coyote-hunting-contest

🇨🇦 Stop the Coyote Cull in Nova Scotia

Lethal control is not coexistence. It’s time for humane solutions.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-coyote-cull-in-nova-scotia

🇨🇦 Allow Wildlife Rehab for Coyotes (Nova Scotia)

Injured and orphaned coyotes deserve care—not a death sentence.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/allow-wildlife-rehab-for-coyotes-in-nova-scotia

🇨🇦 End Coyote Killing in Edmonton

Urban wildlife deserves coexistence, not extermination.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/end-coyote-killing-in-edmonton

🇨🇦 Justice for Liberty Village Coyotes (Toronto)

For the coyotes who were killed, and for the ones still trying to survive.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-liberty-village-coyotes

🌎 Protect Floyd the Coyote (Alcatraz)

A wild coyote simply living his life should not be trapped or removed.
👉 https://www.change.org/p/protect-floyd-coyote-from-trapping-and-relocation

🐾 A Final Thought

Coyotes are not the villains they are made out to be.

They are:

  • intelligent
  • devoted to their families
  • essential to the ecosystems they live in

And most of all… they are just trying to survive in a world that keeps pushing them out.

If you’ve ever heard them howl,
if you’ve ever seen one in the distance,
if you’ve ever felt that quiet connection to something wild…

Please take a moment.

👉 Sign. Share. Speak for them.

If you’d like to learn more about these incredible animals, you can also read:
https://coyotepretty.ca/2025/08/05/10-unique-facts-about-coyotes/

💔 Justice for the Coyotes: Please Sign and Share This Petition 🐺

Recently, four coyotes near Lanigan, Saskatchewan were chased and run over by people on snowmobiles. This was not an accident. This was intentional cruelty. Two of the coyotes were still alive when conservation officers arrived, but instead of being given a chance at rehabilitation, they were shot because of their injuries.

I can’t stop thinking about how scared they must have been. Being hunted, struck, and left to suffer… it breaks my heart.

There is now a petition calling for justice for these coyotes, stronger penalties for wildlife cruelty, and better support for wildlife rehabilitation so injured animals are not automatically killed when they could possibly be helped.

👉 Please sign the petition here:
https://c.org/6YWzgVkK8Z
And please, share it everywhere you can. Every signature matters.

Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. I still remember the story of the wolf in Cody, Wyoming, who was run over and then tormented before dying. These acts are not “hunting.” They are not wildlife management. They are violence against living beings who feel fear and pain, just like our pets do.

Using snowmobiles to chase and run over wildlife is especially cruel. Animals have no chance. They are exhausted, terrified, and completely defenseless. This kind of behavior should never be tolerated or excused.

Coyotes already face so much persecution simply for existing. They are blamed, hunted, trapped, and killed — yet they are intelligent, devoted family animals who play an important role in keeping ecosystems healthy. They deserve protection, not torture.

Please, if you are reading this:
🤍 Sign the petition
📣 Share it with friends and family
🖤 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves

Let’s show that there are people who care, who are watching, and who will not stay silent when wildlife are treated with cruelty.

For the coyotes. For the wolf. For all the wild ones who deserve to live in peace. 🐺🌲✨

Active Coyote Protection Petitions in Canada — Please Sign & Share

Coyotes continue to be targeted across Canada through hunting contests, culls, and policies that prevent injured animals from receiving care. Below is a list of current petitions supporting coyotes, each focused on coexistence, protection, and compassion.

Every signature matters. Please take a moment to sign and share.

🐾 Stop the Alberta Coyote Hunting Contest

This petition calls for an end to organized coyote-killing contests in Alberta, which promote cruelty and ignore science-based wildlife management.

🔗 https://www.change.org/p/stop-alberta-coyote-hunting-contest

🐾 Stop the Coyote Cull in Nova Scotia

Urges the province to stop lethal coyote control and instead adopt non-lethal, coexistence-based solutions.

🔗 https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-coyote-cull-in-nova-scotia

🐾 Allow Wildlife Rehabilitators to Help Coyotes in Nova Scotia

Asks the province to allow licensed wildlife rehabilitators, including Hope for Wildlife, to legally treat injured and orphaned coyotes.

🔗 https://www.change.org/p/ask-nova-scotia-to-allow-hope-for-wildlife-to-rehab-coyotes/u/33360323?utm_source=

🐾 End the Unnecessary Killing of Coyotes in Edmonton

Calls on the City of Edmonton to stop lethal coyote control and prioritize education, hazing, and coexistence strategies.

🔗 https://www.change.org/p/urge-edmonton-to-stop-the-unnecessary-killing-of-coyotes?utm_source=

🐾 Justice for the Liberty Village Coyotes (Toronto)

Demands accountability and policy change following the killing of coyotes in Toronto, and calls for humane wildlife management going forward.

🔗 https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-liberty-village-coyotes-in-toronto/u/33442313?utm_source=

🐾 End Wildlife Killing Contests (Coyotes Included)

Led by Project Coyote, this ongoing action works to ban wildlife killing contests across North America, where coyotes are the primary targets.

🔗 https://projectcoyote.org/protect/ending-wildlife-killing-contests/petition-ending-wildlife-killing-contest/

🐺 Why This Matters

Coyotes play a vital ecological role. Science consistently shows that killing them does not reduce conflicts and often makes things worse. Coexistence works. Education works. Compassion works.

Please sign, share, and help give coyotes the protection they deserve.

💙🐾

🌿 Learn More About Coyotes

If you’d like to better understand why coyotes deserve protection, you may also enjoy this post:
10 Unique Facts About Coyotes — a gentle look at their intelligence, family bonds, and vital role in the ecosystem.

🔗 https://coyotepretty.ca/2025/08/05/10-unique-facts-about-coyotes/