white coyote

[farmer47]

i was talking to a friend this morning on the phone and as i knew they had been out coyote hunting yesterday i asked how it went .they got a white coyote that they knew was in the area as it had been spotted and run for the last couple of years .that makes 41 they have got most run with hounds . this was north of London and east of Thorndale .i will try to get a picture and post it .

 

[CV32]

May be of interest to you:

White-y coyote: Newfoundland animal profiled in National Geographic

Snow Coyotes and Spirit Bears

 

[bandit86]

Interesting. I'm not far from Thorndale, more to the west, any problems wih coyotes you know of?

 

[bellero]

They seems to be quite common, just google image "albinos coyote".

 

[CV32]

They seems to be quite common, just google image "albinos coyote".

Keeping in mind that not all white coyotes are albinos.

 

[sharp shooter]

i seen one behind my house last year.

 

[souwest_ghillie]

I've seen pure white coyotes here in New Brunswick, the last time being around 1995 when the deer and coyote populations were quite high and I did not have the pleasure of shooting one. I'm of the opinion that it has nothing to do with cross breeding with a domestic dog. It's just a very rare color variation.

 

[AndrewNS]

I don't know if it's the same as other dog breeds, but I know that Labs have a single genetic strand that determines their color, this gene has no effect on any other aspect of the dog, only the color of their fir. Some people think that a yellow lab for example is naturally calmer than a chocolate lab, this isn't the case.

Could be the same thing with the coyotes, maybe not.

 

[CV32]

I've seen pure white coyotes here in New Brunswick, the last time being around 1995 when the deer and coyote populations were quite high and I did not have the pleasure of shooting one. I'm of the opinion that it has nothing to do with cross breeding with a domestic dog. It's just a very rare color variation.

I tend to hold the same opinion, and believe that most of these cases are due to melanism (accounting for black coyotes as well, by the same measure). But I've had some discussion with a biologist involved in this paper, and she didn't think it was melanism for the white coyotes in Newfoundland. I do continue to have a great deal of skepticism that it has anything to do with a specific instance of 'amour' with a golden retriever, but I'm no geneticist.

 

[Adrian J Hare]

I've waited for years to see one with not luck. Not sure if they are that common in this area...

 

[jables]

I've waited for years to see one with not luck. Not sure if they are that common in this area...

If you had seen one I'm sure you'd have a picture of yourself with it!

 

[cooey1981]

On a yote like that would the hide be worth a little extra?

 

[Adrian J Hare]

If you had seen one I'm sure you'd have a picture of yourself with it!

LOL I think your right !

 

[3macs1]

Seen red , black and blond here and phases of each of those colors but no whites so far