ICRC Summer 2006 Newsletter

	Summer 2006 Newsletter Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter
	New Arrival at ICRC
Top: Jack at 6 weeks old with Jacob. Bottom: Jack at 16 days old.	Jack came to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center at the beginning of May, 2006. Charles and Brad found a coyote puppy caught in brush on an incline going down into a water filled gravel pit. He was a small, hungry, puppy with a bump on his head and they could hear him crying for his Mother. They left him for three hours and then went back to see if Mom had rescued him. She hadn’t, so they did. A Conservation Officer referred them to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center. When Jack first arrived here, he was in poor health and the muscles in his back legs were starting to atrophy. Initially he required Sub-q Fluids, medication and to be fed using a syringe. We had to experiment with many different formulas and foods to find what he was willing to eat at first. Whenever he would wake up in the middle of the night and call for his human Mom, I would go to the refrigerator and find whatever I could for him to eat. He eventually did start accepting food from his new Mom. He is getting better now and will eat almost anything you put in front of him. Jack is on a diet suited for the nutritional needs of a growing coyote puppy. Jack has Metabolic Bone Disease which is a nutritional problem. MBD happens when a baby animal fails to receive and absorb the correct amount of calcium in its first few weeks of life. MBD causes the bones to become very fragile and lack substance. Jack was lucky to be diagnosed and begin treatment with calcium supplements before any bone fractures happened. He does have a large knot in one of the joints of his back leg. He will go back to the vet again for another round of x-rays to check this out. He is making progress day by day and so far the x-rays are showing that his bones are becoming more solid. Jack is a special needs puppy. As with our mission to help coyotes, one coyote at a time, he will be cared for and live at Indiana Coyote Rescue Center for the rest of his life.

	Internship Program
Top: Intern Jami taking care of Orion.	Indiana Coyote Rescue Center will be offering internships for the months of September to December 2006. Interns need to stay at least one month. We will be able to accept two interns. Internship cost will be $110 per month and accomodation is inclueded You will need to supply your own food. As far as I know, this is the only facility where you can learn about the care and behavior of captive coyotes. At this time we have nineteen adults and one puppy. I will be sharing what I learned from working with and observing captive coyotes for the last nineteen years. For more information, contact CeAnn Lambert at 765-566-3800 or email at ceannicrc@yahoo.com

	Government Predator Control Proposal
	An interesting article featured in the Durango Herald about the Federal government's plan for predator control in forests. http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/ article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news060710_2.htm

	The Story of Orion
Top: Orion	Orion was found in Southern Indiana by some turkey hunters. His eyes weren't even open yet. That means that he was less than fourteen days old. He was taken home by the hunters. As usually happens, when he became about two months old, it was decided that he wasn't going to become the pet that they had envisioned. He was taken to the Hardy Lake Raptor Center in Southern Indiana. He lived a good life at Hardy Lake, until it was decided that he couldn't stay there forever. Around the first week of Dec, 2005 he was brought here, by two men who dearly loved him and hated to give him up. I feel very lucky to have him here, permanently. Orion is very social with people. He loves meeting and greeting people and enjoys having his picture taken. He is a very happy, mischievous coyote. He loves his toys and enjoys being squirted with the hose. Orion's favorite person is a teenager named Angel. Her mother Sherry and Angel are volunteers and they come here once a week to help care for the other coyotes and to get some visiting time with Orion. I think Orion will be a very popular coyote for our new adoption program.

	Your Voice for the Coyotes
	We are asking our readers to write letters sharing their experiences about wild or captive coyotes, living with coyotes in ranching country, trying to help coyotes and federal predator control. Let people know that someone is out there fighting for these wonderful animals. The letters will be placed on our website and in the newsletter. Please email your letters to CeAnn at ceannicrc@yahoo.com

	About the Indiana Coyote Rescue Center
Please help us in our mission to help coyotes, one coyote at a time. Thank You	The center is currently home to 19 coyotes and two foxes, all rescued from humane shelters or private wildlife rehabilitators when the animals couldn’t care for themselves in the wild, usually because they’d become too socialized to humans and lacked survival skills. ICRC is licensed by the state. CeAnn Lambert has supported her facility from donations and her own funds. ICRC is a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 organization. Information about helping ICRC is on the website under the 'wish-list' section. Address: 7975E 300S, Bringhurst IN 46913, USA Phone: 765-566-3800 Website: www.coyoterescue.org Gift Store: www.cafepress.com/coyoterescue Email: ceannicrc@yahoo.com Indiana Coyote Rescue Center Logo was designed by Nadia L. Beji Newsletter text & photos © 2006 Indiana Coyote Rescue Center

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