Taylor Mitchell Obituary, Death – An intriguing new theory has surfaced regarding the possible involvement of coyotes in the death of a young Canadian singer-songwriter who was killed by animals 13 years ago while hiking in Nova Scotia. When Taylor Mitchell, then 19 years old, was hiking alone in a national park in 2009, the animals attacked her. Other hikers cried out for assistance as soon as they heard her cries.
She had been badly injured and was covered in bite marks when assistance arrived. Mitchell eventually passed away from her injuries in a hospital after the incident attracted worldwide notice and gave rise to incorrect beliefs regarding the conduct of the coyotes. Researchers now claim, according to the Daily Mail, that the coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park were used to the limited food supply prior to this awful tragedy.
They mastered bringing down larger mammals like moose before moving on to hunting and killing smaller animals. Stanley Gehrt, the lead author of a study that was recently published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, asserts that Mitchell may have been a victim of this recently identified feature. Gehrt’s conclusions were presented in the paper. In all of North America, just two fatalities have been linked to coyotes, and Mitchell’s death is one of them.
When she was 19 years old, she was getting ready to embark on a solo tour to advance her fledgling musical career.” Gehrt stated to CTV News Atlantic that it “seems completely normal to suppose that they simply identified her as a novel dinner item” because coyotes are used to eating 700-pound animals. The speaker said, “Our hypothesis would be that [the coyotes’] capacity to live is related to their ability to switch from one food source to another.” And moose was the only meal that [coyotes] were consuming.”
“At least one [moose] body detected during winter coyote tracking indicated indications of predation, and on other occasions live, adult moose were observed with recent wounds consistent with coyote bites in addition to coyote footprints leading to the moose,” the study concluded. According to Gehrt, because they are neither hunted or confined in the park, coyotes do not inherently fear people. This suggests that they have social skills.
They had been trained to follow enormous prey, so this was nothing, he said. The author claimed, “They had prepared themselves to pursue this.” Mitchell was not one of the persons who had been attacked by coyotes in the past due to the presence of human food. According to the study’s findings, none of the five coyotes that were killed after the fatal attack showed any evidence of having previously consumed human food.
This holds true for the two animals who committed the attack.” According to Gehrt, “The Cape Breton system encourages some peculiar forms of behavior, but it’s transient,” and “I do not see the coyotes in Cape Breton as being more hazardous right now than any other coyotes.” It puts things in perspective because we haven’t had anything like that since. The problem can be managed by raising awareness among the populace. With our assistance, the risk can be reduced to the absolute minimum.”