Meghan Daum's Los Angeles Times article from December 22, 2007, "Tracking the mild coyote,"shows how a city girl takes in an orphaned coyote into her Wyoming home, causing others to debate whether her actions with nature are right or wrong. The article shows how Charlie, a wild coyote becomes domesticated after living in a home with Shreve Stockton(the woman who took him in shortly after birth), and her cat Eli who each night, all sleep together on the same bed. Stockton has created a blog with over 30,000 hits each day, where she posts pictures of Charlie being both a fierce and a delicate animal. With all those people viewing Charlie's blog, Stockton is sometimes led to receive negative comments for holding a wild animal away from its natural habitat. The article states that Charlie has become so tame and kind, that apart from living indoors, he walks on a leash and is fed different foods such as dog food and organic cheese. Inclusively, Charlie has been taught to be so much like a friendly domestic animal that when out in the wild, is intimidated by humans other than his owner and neighbor, as well as several different wild animals, leading him to hide at Stockton's side for "protection" from other coyotes. Stockton says she wants to protect Charlie from people nearby her home, causing her to keep her homes' location a complete secret so not to be tracked down by residents. Meghan Daum's article, "Tracking the mild coyote," shows how people have become so interested in the existence of such a disastrous violent animal becoming domesticated, that more and more people are beginning to express their opinions;not only on the issue itself, but on the overall population of wild animals around their area as well.
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Question: After reading this article will people begin wanting to domesticate wild animals as well?
How will stockton deal with people who are against her domesticating a wild animal?
How does Stockton keep her home's location a "secret?"
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-daum22dec22,0,1212930.column?coll=la-opinion-center
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wow! interesting blog kimmy cub! i think its really sweet how the girl took him in. people should just lay off the poor girl. people would be taking a risk by bringing in a wild animal into their home. i wouldnt be able to answer your question, but it kinda depends on the animal they choose to care for :D
i believe wild animals should not be domesticated (thats why they're WILD :P) unless they are ill(so they can be treated) and i think she did well in taking him in. i just hope she's doing this from the kindness of her heart and not because of any publicity she might get. people should cut her some slack, since most of them would be selfish and they would ignore the animal. I hope other people learn from what she's doing and become more compassionate.
Mrs. Petrelli :P
I don't think it's that serious for people to be negative, if the girl wants to take in a coyote then she should be able to as long as it isn't harming anyone and is legal. those people need to calm down.
hahaha!
i commented myself!
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