Interbreeding with wolves?
Easier to catch a garbage pail day old hamburger than a baby bunny.
The insane DNR *brought* ours here, to “cull deer” [ha ha. calves, lambs and pets are easier meals]
Our “coyotes” are a mix of Eastern Wolves and coyote and they’re the size of GSDs and give no effs about people.
The first one I ever saw was dead along the highway and I stopped, thinking it was somebody’s poor German Shepherd and I was intending to get it way off the road and see if it had a collar so I could contact the owner.
Imagine my surprise.