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Coy-wolf hybrids (and maybe even wolf-dogs and coy-dogs) are a problem in eastern NC where the red wolf recovery program is. There weren't coyotes in the Alligator National Wildlife Refuge when they started the Red Wolf Recovery program there decades ago, but the coyotes have made inroads (they're everywhere now) and it's a serious problem (along with hunters who misidentify Red Wolves as coyotes).
Those are great shots of the fox and particularly the bobcat. I kept horses for 24 years in a very rural area of SWVA. Unless you have a foal by itself, there aren't any animals here that pose a danger to horses.
That's a coyote
this is the only fox I could find so far, kind of murky..
That tail? I say Fox, but it is getting very confusing in Henderson county. The things that come around the barn and try to climb the fence look like mutts with odd features. I know someone who is losing sheep in Hooper's Creek and someone else in Fruitland.
Real dogs will treat the hybrids as "other" and bark. Foxes will leave an area if these things move in. First you don't see any more rabbits, then it is the outdoor cats that vanish, then it is the tethered dogs, then it is livestock. I have some heartbroken neighbors.
Poppydog thanks for link, after watching Meet the CoyWolf my first thought was Appalachians will be their highway south. Seems to be the case based on National Geographic information. As far as tethered dogs they are easy pickings and owners are irresponsible and cruel to leave their dogs chained outside unattended and unable to defend themselves.
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Looks like a wild dog to me.
Coyote or Fox?
