By Chad Love

Is it just me, or is it a bad week to be a coyote? Either you're getting shot by elected officials or you're being run down by airport workers in trucks. It's enough to make a coyote say to hell with it and go find some celebrity's purse dog to snatch.
 
First, Texas Governor claims he shot a coyote while out jogging, with a laser-sighted .380, no less. From the story:
Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during February run in an undeveloped area near Austin. Perry said he will carry his .380 Ruger pistol — loaded with hollow-point bullets — when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. He'd also seen coyotes in the area. When one came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever, Perry charged. "Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote," he said Tuesday.

By Chad Love

From the story on MSNBC:
A coalition of hunters and anglers says a protest of proposed federal oil and gas leases in a wildlife-rich part of north-central Colorado is an opportunity for the Obama administration to follow through on a pledge for greater scrutiny of leasing on public land. The groups have filed a protest with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over the plan to take bids on about 11,400 acres in its May 13 auction in Denver.

By Chad Love

Melting snowpack in the Canadian arctic is giving us a fascinating glimpse into ancient hunting culture and tactics...
 
From this story on the Discovery Channel's web site:

By Chad Love

Many Americans live in suburban housing developments that, by necessity, are built around stormwater run-off ponds. Developers generally build greenbelts and walking trails around these ponds and they become communal greenspaces where we take our kids fishing, jog, or train our dogs. But according to a story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, these neighborhood ponds are more like cesspools.