12/24/2025
This Is Exactly Whatâs Wrong With the Way We Talk About Wildlife
âAny coyote is a bad coyote.â
âThey shouldnât exist.â
âLooks like it has a lead deficiency.â
This is not âfarm wisdom.â
This is fear, ignorance, and bloodlust dressed up as expertise.
Coyotes did not magically appear out of nowhere. They adapted because we cleared forests, wiped out apex predators, fragmented habitat, and built subdivisions where ecosystems used to function just fine.
Then people turn around and say, âKill themâ
All of them?
How many is enough?
When you indiscriminately kill predators, you create the very problems you complain about.
Coyotes regulate:
⢠rodents (rats, mice, voles)
⢠sick and weak deer
⢠rabbits and small mammals that destroy crops
⢠carrion that spreads disease
Coyotes are not âevil.â
They are not âout to get you.â
They are not roaming your property plotting attacks.
They are doing what predators have done for thousands of years: balancing the system.
Yes, farmers protect livestock. We use good fencing. We use guardian animals. We use smart management. We donât cheer for cruelty or fantasize about extermination like itâs a sport.
You donât fix ecology with hate.
You donât manage land with ignorance.
And you donât get to call yourself a steward while celebrating the destruction of wildlife simply because it exists.
We can do better.
We should do better.
And we will keep saying so â loudly â because this land deserves intelligence, not violence for sport.
â The Fox & Crow Farm
