My name is Dean / Hound (He/It/Hymn/name) and I'm a 17 year old aggressive mutt. Overall undead loser and a cannibalistic lover who has contradicting labels. I identify with miscecanis as a xi-alpha who smells like blood + musk, old books + leather and sometimes cedar.
My post tags are #mutt mumbles [🩸] and #mutt mumbles [🪽] depending on how I'm feeling, spam posts are under #spam stuff [🦴]
This blog is 100% just whatever I feel like posting. I'm anti-censorship but have my own boundaries so I'm all for being loud about your opinions but might ask you do so in a different area. I may vent here very occasionally but I promise not to make a habit out of it.
I bite.
PRONOUNS PAGE (imp) || Interests, BYI and DNI vvv
Some things I feel closely connected to or wish I was include: Zombies, angels, hyenas, (grey) wolves, beaucerons, belgian mallinois, german shepherds, mutts, stray dogs, (mourning) doves, vampires, werewolves, etc etc
mostly canines but hehehe
As you may notice I love NBCs Hannibal and Scream (1996) but I'm also super interested in dinosaurs, marine life, canids, insects, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Horror media (duh), Music as a whole, Supernatural, vampires as a concept, forensics / psychology, HTTYD, OTGW, DBD, TBOI, and more !! My interests fluctuate often but the ones I listed are my most consistent.
I'm always open to friends and mutuals + Dms are always open !!
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BYI
I'm an anxious person and it may come off as aggression but I try to be nice most of the time
I "cannibal post" as I view devoting your flesh to another as the deepest sign of devotion
I block freely for my own comfort
I'm selectively mute + autistic which may not effect people on here but felt the need to add it lol
I have several diagnoses that change how I deal with life, this may mean I'm occasionally unstable but I try my best to manage
PLEASE INTERACT
Hannibal enjoyers
Other angels/zombies/strays
17+
People who play DBD/TBoI/Val/OW
anyone who doesn't fall under my DNI really
DNI
Homo/Transphobic or Bigoted
Pro-c / Neu-c big 3 para (I don't mind anti-c)
Snuff enjoyers...
people under 15 and people over 25
Radqueers
*Edit: changed a lot about my intro I've pinned the repost instead
*Edit 2: added link to misce post
*Edit 3: small changes to starting paragraph
Coywolves can live successfully in a variety of habitats (for related information, see my post on range/diet). The primary sources of mortality in the majority of these environments are anthropogenic (i.e., trapping, shooting, car accidents, and poisoning). Poisoning remained a widespread method of predator eradication until 1972, when its use on federal lands was banned in the United States; the use of household rodenticides is, however, still allowed.
Though a portion of the general public has become sympathetic towards these animals in recent years [1-2], deliberate killings still occur on city margins. An example of this was discovered during a 2005 study of a pack of coyotes in eastern Massachusetts [3]. Activity and movement patterns in this study were typical; the coyotes did not kill local pets or physically endanger citizens, but rather increased their nocturnal behavior to avoid people and displayed territorial behavior towards transient individuals. Even so, sightings of the individuals in this pack—Maeve, Jet, and Cour—led to some upset.
All three individuals were found dead during the study; in each case, the cause of death was ruled an anticoagulant pesticide (Brodifacoum, a second-generation poison and active ingredient in some forms of rat poison). Because all three displayed no abnormal behavior in the week leading up to their deaths and all died in less than a week, it is likely that, rather than having eaten poisoned prey, they were purposefully dosed at high concentrations.
Public support for the lethal management of carnivores has noticeably declined over time. Jackman and Way surveyed Cape Cod voters to examine “knowledge of and attitudes toward current coyote hunting policies and practices in Massachusetts” [1, p. 188]. Knowledge was largely limited, with only 40% being aware that Massachusetts has a hunting season for coyotes and 14% being aware that there are no bag limits—meaning a hunter can kill as many coyotes as they want. Responses to the survey indicated that only 23% supported the no-bag limits; the “only group to include majority support (62%)” [1, p. 190] comprised frequent hunters, who represented only a small percentage of the sampled public.
Anyone wishing to determine shifts in attitude towards and/or awareness of coywolves should consider the use of surveys à la Jackman and Way [1]. I wanted to incorporate a survey to determine whether residents of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania (where I am currently based) had noticeably different stances, but I did not give myself enough time to get IRB approval and properly analyze data. I would also recommend a potential partnership with an ecologist and/or biologist. Because I am an anthropologist and have little background in those fields, I was therefore somewhat limited in my view/understanding.
References:
[1] Jackman, J.L. & Way, J.G. (2017). Once I found out: Awareness of and attitudes toward coyote hunting policies in Massachusetts. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 23(2), 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2017.1397824
[3] Way, J.G., Cifuni, S.M., Eatough, D.L., & Strauss, E.G. (2006). Rat poison kills a pack of eastern coyotes, Canis latrans, in an urban area. Canadian Field Naturalist, 120(4), 478-480.
TL;DR:
Coywolf mortality is largely anthropogenic
Attitudes towards coywolves have improved over time
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have no bag limits on coyotes; Pennsylvania has no set hunting season
Hybridization | DNA Analyses | Range & Diet | Behavior & Ecology | Conservation | The Anthropocene
