An exchange between a human and an omnipresent coyote, using drawings and photography as the channel of communication. #dearsongdog
Dear Song Dog
I was drawing you last night and noticed that it was after 7pm, which got me thinking about how many traps would be live in Stanley Park for your family.
Which got me thinking about how you’d be out on your normal evening patrol and suddenly have a leg gripped in a trap, likely broken, and be suffering greatly. Which got me thinking about fellow pack members and offspring trying to help you, but in the end they’d have to leave your side.
This got me thinking about how these types of traps exist all the time all over BC, and how so many animals like you are out there at any given moment, leg or neck gripped to the bone, fighting the inevitable.
There are some humans that are trying very hard to make it so that these cruel traps are not allowed.
We are working to make our species morally accountable to all other species.
We see that there is a great imbalance, one that never should have existed in the first place. We are acknowledging that just because it has been done in the past does not make it alright. Suffering is unnecessary.
The human world is extremely polarized right now. The division is felt in the hearts of everyone, and it’s a weight that most of us carry constantly.
We all have things we cannot remain complacent about.
Like you, we fight for survival and for future generations.... far beyond just the human species.