Common Name: Coyote
Scientfic Name: Canis latrans
Gender: Female
Birth Date: April 18, 2007
History: A rancher found these coyote pups in Fallon and turned them over to the Department of Wildlife because their mother either had abandoned them or been killed leaving them as orphans. After the District Health Department verified they didn’t have rabies, the pups were given over to the care and custody of Animal Ark. Since the two-week old pups had to be bottle-fed, they lost their fear of humans and have learned to depend upon them. That early socialization with humans makes it impossible for the coyotes to be released back into the wild. Amelia and Sadie are wonderful coyote ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.