Not Good For Tourists

After I heard the story of what happened to a lady passing through from Ontario the other day, I could just imagine the lady would have a very dim few of our town and our province...

The story goes that last Friday a person from Ontario was driving through our fair country and pulled into one of the local garages on the edge of town during the day. Now whether the woman was just getting coffee or coffee, gas and a stretch, I don't know. This person also had a smaller type dog (in the shitzu type of dog) with her. I take it they had been travelling for a bit and they wanted the dog to have a stretch and probably relief itself along with the owner. So the woman lets the dog out for a run on the edge of the parking lot of this garage.

Now you have to remember this garage is right at the edge of town and there is long grass and prairie at the edge of the garage's lot. It is only a short distance (less than a city block) to the highway. The dog was strolling along the grass with the woman watching and then quick as a blink a coyote jumped out of the long grass, grabbed the poor dog by it's throat and was gone back in the long grass and was high tailing it across the prairie. These are wild coyotes and as soon as the varmit grabbed the smaller dog, it was done for in one quick snap of the coyote's jaw.

Needless to the say the poor lady from Ontario was almost hysterical with the taking of her pet dog. Having owned dogs in the past I can only surmise the grief this poor lady went through. The shock of seeing her beloved pet killed and dragged off as a snack is something that no one ever wants/needs to see.

I don't imagine our fair province is going to be on the top of this poor lady's list for quite some time. I can certainly sympathize with her, but nature is nature. She could have kept her dog on a leash, but who would suspect a coyote would be that bold to be so close to a populated spot and in the middle of the day as well.

Strange, strange, strange.