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This article appeared in the recent e-newsletter from the Texas State Employee Charitable Campaign, also known as the SECC.  The SECC campaign begins on September 1st and concludes on October 31st in 2010.  Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation is one the 70 participating organizations of EarthShare of Texas.

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Two coyotes, who would otherwise have had no chance at survival, are living free again because of Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation.  In January 2010 a young male coyote was found in a San Antonio park unable to move and with multiple injuries.  X-rays revealed a bullet in his hip. He was immediately taken to the WRR clinic in Kendalia, Texas, where the veterinarian removed the bullet and provided the medical treatments and peaceful rest he needed.  Within 10 days he was walking, and soon after, running around his 1.5 acre outdoor enclosure.
 
Around this time, Wildlife Rescue took in a former "pet" female coyote.  Needing someone to show her what it meant to be wild, she was introduced to the recuperating male and they became fast friends.  She stayed by his side while he gained strength, and he gave her the companionship of her own kind that she had never known before.
 
Release day finally came in April after four months of rehabilitation.  The two coyotes, now strong and healthy, were taken to their release site.  The vegetation was lush, the colorful wildflowers knee-high.  With year-round ponds, everyone at the WRR was confident that the coyotes would find plenty to eat and drink.  WRR staff unloaded the two crates and moved them to a spot under a tree.  The doors were opened simultaneously.  The male coyote darted out with his quirky gait, but the female was unsure and she hesitated for several minutes before running off into the thicket after her friend.  Two wild coyotes were then free again, just as nature intended.  
 
Contributions from SECC donors helps provide the medicine, food and expert caretakers that allowed WRR to care for these two coyotes and the thousands of other native Texas wildlife every year. 

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