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Don't wanna rain on your parade, but the one they found, weighed in at 14 Kg, or about 30 lb. I suspect it's like Grizzlies. Every time I meet someone who's seen one, it's as big as a horse. I imagine a can of dog or bear spray would have ended this real quick.

Here is one of the comments from this article, is it any wonder this happened?

Wow. One has to wonder whether the obvious chemical imbalance working in that brain is a result of ingestion or is it a congenital disorder? If there is such a thing as natural selection and it is allowed to work, this writer should have a life expectancy of about three more weeks! GD

A big stick or a couple rocks would have done the trick also.
Same as dogs.

Why it is always the wrong person to get chewed up by coyotes?

greydog;
I hope this finds you and yours well this fine Sunday morning.

I believe that on very many levels your statement truly �says it all�. I am sorry to hear of the horrible death of the young singer. When I read the details of the attack and some of the responses, I am left with the feeling the circumstances involved with her demise typify the lack of preparedness her generation has to meet the hard truths of nature.

Since our girls were very young we�ve tried to teach them to take care of themselves in whatever environment we find ourselves in, whether on the streets or the mountains.

A few years back, we stayed in downtown Vancouver to spend a day at the PNE. My wife and I explained to the girls the vagaries of life with some species living there. In particular we told them if we told them to �get behind us� or �run�, it wasn�t time for question or debate, just action.

Since our girls grew up with horses as part of their lives, they know their way around them and were able to learn about animal body language. Having mule deer in the yard and watching the daily pecking order disputes settled with sharp hooves gave them another facet of survival education. We have the occasional bear pass through along with coyotes and the occasional raccoon as well. They�ve learned all animals have the potential to hurt you and some are able to kill you.

When the young lady�s tragic death first hit the news, the girls and I talked about animal attacks on our daily drive home together from school/work. They both replied, with a bit of a typical bored teen delivery, that they would try to wrap something around their weak arm, feed it to the coyote and stab it with their good arm. They continued that if they weren�t packing a knife, they would kick it in unsportsmanlike places if the belly was exposed.

I was initially miffed at the tone of their response, but then thought better of it in that they had listened to what I�d tried to teach them and it had �stuck� so to speak.

As you noted, walking sticks, hatchets, knives and bear spray are all legal in our National Parks and our crew generally have at least one or more of the above on us when we hike in them.

In the final analysis, I can�t help but believe many of our youth today are ill prepared to deal with the vagaries of life that are presented to them in nature and this young woman�s death is an unfortunate example of that. That�s too bad, because as we both know it doesn�t need to be that way.

Thanks for your post and all the best in any upcoming hunts.

Dwayne

You got to be schitting me! What a wacko, they brought Taylor to her glorious demise? Torn apart by wild animals! This wacko should go sacrifice herself the extraordinary creatures so she can go to the next phase of her existence so she can hang out with old Taylor. Medication and EST are strongly indicated.

Flinch it appears that BWB needs your broadhead extractor real quick.
how many of you remember movie of dingo steeling a young child in Austraila ,merel streep played the mother who was charged with murder of her son, like this should happen.
IN BC we had all kinds of attacs usually by cougers ,mostly on farm animals but a large no on humans usually children.
Awareness and preparedness like BC30 CAL says is the right thing..norm

That's what I mean the author of that piece needs a good ass chewing by a half dozen coyotes!

Yup, I'll drink to that!

Some folks just need a good slap!

Some people are so clueless! I'm certain she appologized to the poor critters after every bite. This is so sad for her loved ones.

The sad part is that they multiply and even some get to be politicians running Canada , that's in reference to that mentally challenged bitsse who wrote that piece. We are doomed!!!