Posted on 01/21/2022 11:39:10 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO OF ANIMAL AT LINK................
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Wildlife experts in Pennsylvania said they are having genetic testing done to identify a mystery animal that might be a dog or a coyote.
Christina Eyth, of Fairfield Township, said she noticed paw prints in front of her door earlier this week and followed them around her house to their source -- a small, dog-like animal curled up outside her basement door.
"I peeked outside the door, and that's whenever I noticed the animal on the left hand side. And it was so scared and cold and shivering," Eyth told WPXI-TV.
Eyth said she wasn't sure if the animal was a dog or a coyote, but she wanted to help the creature, so she coaxed it into her basement and contacted TJ's Rescue Hideaway.
TJ's contacted WildLife Works Mount Pleasant, which sent rescuer Morgan Barron to Eyth's home.
Wildlife Works said in a Facebook post that the group is having genetic testing done on the animal to determine its species.
"Behavior-wise, he's very timid, very scared and not aggressive at all, which makes me lean toward dog," Barron said.
The rescue group said the animal is being kept in isolation until the genetic testing results come back, a process that could take weeks. In the meantime, the creature is being treated for mange.
Eyth said she was happy to help, regardless of whether the animal turns out to be a dog or a coyote.
"There was an animal in need, and I feel like I did the right thing either way," she said.
https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/coyote-dog-animal-experts-unsure-what-type-creature-local-woman-helped-rescue/YOPEYP4ABNBSPDWHQT4AD7NRVE/
I wish the poor pooch some darn good days ahead.
As we all know without even looking, it is a Chupacabra.
We have a Schnauzer that howls all night when we put him in his kennel. He’s far from a Coyote.
This dog the article is about is definitely a mix of something, and I’d say as one of the other posters probably a Whippet, or a Greyhound mix.
In his unkempt condition it’s difficult to figure what he/she is. So ugly it’s cute. I’d love to have it, but too old, and sick for anymore critters beyond what we have.
I have heard recently that dogs, coyotes, and wolves have started inbreeding.
That could definitely cause some confusion about what it is.
However, that picture looks to me like just a dog in really, really rough condition.
“Its clearly a domesticated dog that was abandoned by its owner”
Yes.
Aww, poor little guy.
My friends in Mendocino had a couple of Wolf Dogs, totally gorgeous and friendly animals, though the big male looked as wolfish as a wolf.
So why not a Coyote Dog
Looks like a mutt with some mega mange. Poor guy!
Battered almost dead looking dog.
Dog with a bad case of mange. Take the fur coat of most familiar dog breeds, and you wouldn’t recognize them.
So why not a Coyote Dog?
Possible, but less likely.
Dog with mange?
I agree.
The answer lies WITH THE EYES.. Those are COYOTE eyes, built for better night vision. Amazingly healthy eyes given its horrible state otherwise.
Poor thing. Very sad.
Doggone?
Coyodoggy is easier to say. (Are we allowed to use half-breed for anything in today’s world of censored speech and offended bitches when talking about animals. Or Hillary.
In the fwiw department there are coyotes in Pinellas county Florida.
5.56mm
Chupacabra that got lost.
even 40 years ago they talked about
“coydogs” in upsate NY.
Looks like a coyote with a really bad case of mange. No hair, so it was cold.
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