Another "Chupacabra"

This had to be the worst case of mange I have seen in person on a coyote yet. It even has stuff going on with funk on the shoulders. And did she stink! Other than the skin issues, she seemed healthy, well fed. She looks skinny, but she was solid, not bony. Still, I think putting her down probably alleviated a lot of discomfort for her.

Damn that is one nasty Yote there! You did it a huge favor

Ugly girl. Nice job.

No telling what kinda of diseases that ugly girl was passing around. Well done!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mange

No autopsy on this one? I don't blame you, I wouldn't touch it either.

Heck, I double-gloved just to move it, LOL.

Here's one my camera got a pic of...never saw it again

Wide Open Spaces picked up the Chupacabra video. I identified the animal as a coyote, but they ran with the chupacabra aspect anyway, LOL.

http://www.wideopenspaces.com/night-hunt...utm_campaign=mm

What the hell do you know? You're just a doctor of biology.

Brian, I shot one of these 2 months ago. It was scary to look at and didn't want to get too close to it so I just left it where it lay. That was a big mistake. No vulture, coyote or hog would eat or drag it off so it just lay there for way too long. It was there 2 weeks later unfortunately just 150 yards from my favorite night hunting spot. The stink was so bad I had to pack it up early and go elsewhere. Wish I still had the photo now to post but it spooked me so much I removed it from my phone and computer. It haunts me to this day.

I normally text photo's of my kills to my son so I had him send me the photo. Here it is;



I lost five pounds of weight after shooting this thing... think I will skip lunch today.

I've shot them like that and picked them up in contest. No big deal, just a hairless dog.

That's some ugly critters

chuppy for sure. That's the tell tale sign...no other animal will approach it. they are growing in record numbers

Apparently, ones like I have shot and thermal time's are suffering from sarcoptic mange which is caused by the intentionally introduced sarcoptic mite. It comes from being intentionally introduced in Montana to control wolves and such and has now spread across the US.
http://tesf.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Jimenez-etal_2010.pdf
http://www.oie.int/doc/ged/d521.pdf