Some commenters suggested the coyote’s leg may have gotten caught in a trap. Rea thinks that’s unlikely, adding that trapping isn’t allowed at the refuge, but it is a possibility.

Hank had been caught in a wolf trap, said Strand, who is a Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist at Brule. The trap was a leg-hold trap ... begin trapping coyotes and other species ...

Maybe a birth defect, it’s hard to say,” Rea said. Some commenters suggested the coyote’s leg may have gotten caught in a trap. Rea thinks that’s unlikely, adding that trapping isn’t ...