WildlifeConservation

🐾 Stand Up for Louisiana’s Coyotes (and Armadillos too!)

Louisiana is trying to pass a ban that would make it illegal for licensed wildlife rehabilitators to help coyotes when they’re injured, orphaned, or sick. This means that coyotes like Ti Loup and Koa—two little orphans currently being cared for at Geaux Wild Rehab—would never have had the chance to receive the love, medicine, and second chance they deserve.

👉 You can see them here: Ti Loup & Koa TikTok video. These pups are alive and thriving because of wildlife rehabilitation. Without it, their story would have ended in suffering.

But if this ban goes through, no future coyote in Louisiana will get that chance.

Why This Matters

  • Coyotes are North America’s native wild dogs. They play a vital role in keeping ecosystems balanced by controlling rodents, cleaning carrion, and adapting to fill niches left empty by other predators.
  • Rehabilitators see very few coyotes each year. In 2024, only six coyotes were rehabbed in Louisiana. That’s such a tiny number compared to the population—it’s not causing problems.
  • It’s unfair and inhumane. If a coyote is hit by a car, poisoned, trapped, or orphaned because of human activity, it deserves care. To deny them help is cruel.
  • Education works better than bans. Teaching people how to coexist peacefully with coyotes reduces conflicts far more than preventing their care.
  • Armadillos would also be affected. The proposed rule would ban rehab for them too, leaving injured armadillos without care as well.

How You Can Help 📝

We need your voice to stop this.

  1. Sign & Share the Petition:
    ✍️ Oppose the Ban on Louisiana Coyote Rehabilitation
  2. Send an Email:
    Urge Louisiana officials to vote NO on banning coyote rehabilitation. Tell them coyotes and armadillos deserve compassion, not cruelty.
    • Email addresses are listed in the petition description. Even a short, heartfelt message makes a difference.
  3. Spread the Word:
    Share Ti Loup and Koa’s story. Post the petition. Let people know this fight is about protecting our native wildlife.

Closing Thoughts

Coyotes are survivors—resilient, intelligent, and deeply misunderstood. But even survivors need help sometimes. Please stand up for Ti Loup, Koa, and all the coyotes who may come after them. They are not “outlaw quadrupeds.” They are family to the land, and they deserve a chance to heal.

🐺💙 Please, sign, share, and speak up. For the coyotes. For the armadillos. For a more compassionate world.

A Call to Protect Alberta’s Wildlife

I wanted to bring attention to a heartfelt and powerful open letter sent on May 5, 2025 by the Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA), co-signed by scientists and community groups. It’s addressed to Minister Todd Loewen, asking him to rescind recent wildlife‑management changes that threaten Alberta’s keystone and vulnerable species

Here’s what they’re asking to be reversed:

  • Female cougar hunting quotas more than doubled
  • Six new cougar‑management areas opened with non-zero quotas
  • Expanded special‑licence hunting for at‑risk mountain goats
  • Legalized public hunting of “problem” grizzly bears, a Threatened species
  • Lifted quotas on furbearers such as wolverines, fishers, Canada lynx, and river otters

These decisions were made without proper scientific backing, public consultation, or respect for Indigenous and conservation voices.

AWA is clear: “Wildlife in Alberta is shared by all Albertans…decisions that affect wildlife—and especially keystone species—must be informed by the best available science”

Why this matters

Alberta’s wild lands aren’t just scenic backdrops—they’re living, breathing systems where every creature plays a part. Cougars, grizzly bears, wolverines, lynx… they help maintain ecological balance. When management decisions are made hastily or influenced by narrow interests, entire ecosystems suffer.

History shows the best way to protect wildlife isn’t needless hunting—it’s protecting habitat, consulting science, and nurturing coexistence.

What you can do

  1. Please sign and share the petition demanding the Alberta government revoke these harmful hunting and trapping changes:
    👉 Protect Alberta Wildlife – rescind unscientific hunting & trapping changes
  2. Spread the word—on social media, in your community, even in conversations over coffee. The more voices, the harder it is to ignore.

This isn’t just about policies on paper—it’s about every wild creature that still roams freely. Let’s demand decisions guided by science, transparency, and respect for all who share this land.

With hope and solidarity,
Kodkod 🐾

El Zorro Chilote: A Tiny Treasure at the Edge of the World

Photo of a zorro chilote (Darwin’s fox) shared by u/ErickYj on Reddit. Source

Have you ever heard of the zorro chilote? Also known as Darwin’s fox, this little zorro lives deep in the temperate rainforests of southern Chile. With dark fur, curious eyes, and a secretive nature, the zorro chilote is one of the most special creatures of our land. He’s tiny—smaller than most other foxes—and only found in a few places, like Chiloé Island and the Valdivian forests of the mainland.

What makes the zorro chilote unique isn’t just his size—it’s his wild, mysterious heart. He belongs only to Chile. Nowhere else in the world does this species exist. He walks silently through the shadows of the native forest, where trees drip with moss and the ground is soft with fallen leaves. Like the güiña (kodkod), he’s part of an ancient web of life that has existed for thousands of years.

But today, this beautiful fox is in danger.

With deforestation, development, and dogs introduced by humans, the zorro chilote has fewer places to hide and hunt. The species is now considered endangered, with fewer than 1,000 individuals believed to remain in the wild. His world is disappearing—and with it, a piece of our soul.

Zorro chilote with pup.
Image originally shared by ProAraucanía in 2013, no photographer credited.

How you can help

There are still ways to protect this little guardian of the forest:

  • Support WWF’s symbolic adoption program, where you can symbolically adopt a Darwin’s fox and help fund global conservation efforts: WWF Adoption Page
  • Donate to Chiloé Silvestre, a local grassroots organization in Chile that works on behalf of the zorro chilote and other native species: Chiloé Silvestre Website
  • Learn more and support Fauna Australis and ONG Convivencia Humano-Fauna, two other organizations committed to wildlife research and coexistence in southern Chile.

The zorro chilote may be small, but his spirit is mighty. Let’s help make sure this little fox has a future—wild, free, and protected.