Motorcycle rider rescues tiny 'Wiley Coyote'
<p>An orphaned coyote pup was brought into Kellogg Pet Medical Center May 16 before being transferred to the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation for rehabilitation before eventually being released into the wild.</p>
An orphaned coyote pup made its way, by motorcycle, to Kellogg Pet Medical Center on Wednesday before being moved to the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation in Clark Fork, Idaho.
A man traveling through the area stopped at the Sunshine Mine Memorial at the Big Creek exit for a break when the pup walked up to him and lay down at his feet.
The traveler took the tiny animal by motorcycle into Kellogg thinking that someone had lost a pet. The staff at Kellogg Pet Medical Center took the pup in and started calling it "Wiley Coyote."
Andrew Broaddus, veterinarian and owner of Kellogg Pet Medical Center, said the pup was very skinny and had parasites, so the staff fed the animal and provided the appropriate care. They also tried to keep the pup from being handled by humans too much. Broaddus said the animal is less than six weeks old.
“He sure was a cute little guy,” said Broaddus.
Wiley is the first coyote Broaddus has seen in the clinic in the 21 years he has been practicing in Idaho.
Broaddus took the baby coyote to the American Heritage Wildlife Foundation on Friday, where the pup will be taken care of until ready to be released into the wild. At the rehabilitation center the animal will receive very little human contact so that when it is placed back into the woods it will be able to survive.
AHWF cares for many wild animals that are unable to survive on their own until they can be placed back into their natural habitats.
Broaddus said that there have been a lot of coyote traps in the area where the pup was found, so he believes the mother got caught in one of them.