An exchange between a human and an omnipresent coyote, using drawings and photography as the channel of communication. #dearsongdog
Dear Song Dog
Much has changed since we last communicated through this channel in the spring.
A lot is going on with members of your species in a place that humans have given the name Stanley Park... for you it's simply a place of respite from busy urban surroundings. And this is why I wanted to connect with you again now my friend.
Humans are killing you.
Both through trapping and through handouts.
You have done nothing wrong, you have followed your instincts - instincts that were affected by human behaviour.
You actually were doing what you do best: adapting to the world around you. The fault is entirely on humans. As a highly intelligent species, we know better.
There is outcry for change.
There is outcry for a serious dismantling of the human part the equation of ‘wildlife management’.
I know you carry no resentment or rage or vindictiveness, that you live and respond in the moment only. That’s what makes you, and all wildlife, such invaluable teachers for us humans. We’re so overly consumed with ourselves, we simply cannot wake up on our own.
Every night your relatives in Stanley Park are dying because of us. At this very moment, horrible suffering.
From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry for what we have done to you.
My hope is that your lives cut short will affect positive change for future generations of coyotes.
And of humans.