Coyote-Wolf Hybrids in DC’s Rock Creek Park.

I warned DC liberals; I absolutely warned them. Back in 2013, I asked them, “Simple question, DC folks: do you WANT wolves in Rock Creek Park? Right THERE?”  Well, guess what: what DC folks want is now irrelevant.  The wolves are in the process of arriving.  Whether DC likes it or not:

Just a few hundred years ago, coyotes stuck to the plains between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. As humans killed off wolves, coyotes took over their territory. The coyotes that pressed north into Canada came across the remnants of wolf populations and interbred, creating a hybrid creature that’s small enough to live undetected among humans, but large enough to feast on fawns (though perhaps not full-sized deer).

In other words, they are perfectly adapted to the I-95 corridor, [genetic researcher Javier] Monzon says.

“The more deer there are around, the more wolf-like the coywolves tend to be,” he says.

Which means, essentially, that the coywolf menace will merely become more and more… erm, wolfy. Soon there will be the ultimate wolf-like predator in Rock Creek Park! SUPER-WOLVES, with a coyote’s cunning!

Enjoy!

Moe Lane

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13 thoughts on “Coyote-Wolf Hybrids in DC’s Rock Creek Park.”

  2. Coyotes are more than capable of taking down a full sized mule deer.
    Or a full grown cow, for that matter.
    The wolf component is gratuitous overkill.

  3. The limiting factor on the size of Coyotes seems to me to be more the availability of food than purely generic. Hard to say, really, because they are capable of cross-breeding with both wolves and dogs, and all of those offspring are completely fertile, so I doubt there are many breeding pairs of full-blooded coyotes left….
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    What makes this cross-breed problematic is the coyotes adaptability to living with man. IIRC, they can learn to watch traffic signals, fer cryin’ outloud…

    1. There’s no shortage of full-blooded coyotes. Population density in much of the country is effectively zero. 8 miles to my south, you could hop on a horse and ride all the way to Elko, NV without seeing any sign of human habitation.
      But coyotes live there, in abundance. Cougars, too.

      1. Well, DOH! You’re right, of course. Knowing that intellectually didn’t make it past the filter of my experience. I’ve driven through west Texas a number of times, so I should know about all those miles and miles of miles and miles!
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        Allow me to rephrases: Of all of the many many ‘coyotes’ I personally have seen, I doubt 5% were actually full blooded. And there is nothing scientific about that, just my wild-*** guess :D, but it seems from casual observation.to apply to all of the ones here in GA.

        1. Well, dang it, I wasn’t done yet, but somehow that went ahead and posted anyway…so I guess I’ll just let it go. And boy, did that still need editing! :-/

  4. Anything ,and I mean anything ,that removes deer from the suburban ecosystem is a blessing .Go get’em wolfotes .

    1. Much better to use guys with crossbows or other bows for that, and eat them. The problem with coyotes of any form in urban areas is this time of year, the mama coyote will be staying with the pups in whatever den they have, and the male will be out foraging for food for all of them, and that includes small pets, and they’ll be much, much more aggressive than at any other time of the year. If you see one out during the day, in the spring, that’s almost certainly what’s happening.

      1. So, what you’re saying, then, is that the NRA should start targeting liberal suburban areas with ads designed around the necessity for varmint control.

  5. …. until they start cross-breeding with the other dominant D.C. problem population, Democrats, I’m just not that concerned.
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    Mew

  6. I’ve noticed that deer living purely in green corridors of developed areas are running much smaller than their more rural cousins. Like up to 50% smaller, and their young seem to be maturing much quicker too.
    Also if wolves are crossbreeding with coyotes then their probably crossbreeding with the wild dog population as well. And wolf-dog crossbreeds have always been a problem. I actually have a National Geographic that tells of a wolf-collie crossbreed that lead a pack in Maine for years preying on domesticated farm animals and defying all attempts to trap or hunt it.

    1. Coyotes are definitely crossing with dogs here in GA., and not all of them are wild dogs.

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