Folk Singer Taylor Mitchell (Photos) Attacked & Killed By Coyotes
Posted on October 29, 2009
Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell died this week after being attacked by two coyotes in Canada. Read more on singer Taylor Mitchell’s tragic death below.
Taylor Mitchell, 19, was reportedly hiking by herself on Tuesday in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia when the coyotes attacked her.
A hiker nearby heard Mitchell’s screams and called for help. Park rangers were alerted and reportedly shot one of the coyotes.
Taylor was airlifted to Halifax hospital but died from her injuries Wednesday.
Paul Maynard of Emergency Health Services said that Mitchell was already in critical condition when paramedics arrived on the scene and had multiple bite wounds over her entire body.
“She was losing a considerable amount of blood from the wounds,” he said.
The coyote that was killed has been sent for testing to try and find out what caused the coyotes to attack.
Coyotes are normally shy but the park had received a few reports of aggressive coyotes in the past. ,
The two coyotes were “extremely aggressive” when rangers arrived at the scene of the attack.
The entrance to the trail where Taylor Mitchell had been attacked has been blocked off as officials investigate the attack.
Mitchell was nominated this year for a Canadian Folk Music Award in the “young performer of the year” category and was considered an up-and-coming artist.
“Taylor was a brilliant and beautiful light that people were naturally drawn to,” Michael Johnston, who produced her debut CD, “For Your Consideration,” told the paper. “She was so young and talented — her big dreams were a perfect match with her big, kind heart.”
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The eastern coyote is descended from western coyotes which expanded their range northeastward as humans wiped out the native wolf populations. On the way, they interbred with wolves in northern Ontario and Québec. This means the animals in eastern Canada are actually a coyote-wolf mix, combining the wolf’s hunting prowess with the coyote’s adaptability to human activities. The eastern coyote is somewhat larger than its western ancestors because of its wolf blood.
The eastern coyote migrated to Nova Scotia in the late 1970s and had arrived in Cape Breton Highlands National Park by 1981. It may be competition for red foxes, bobcats and lynx which depend on snowshoe hares and rodents for food, like the coyote. Although it is a fairly large carnivore and sometimes hunts in packs, it has not filled the shoes of the wolf as the natural predator of moose, except in the spring when they sometimes take calves.
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