A friend of mine called in and killed this coyote last month up in Alberta. When he walked up to the coyote it had a snare around it's muzzle. From the looks of things it had been there a long time. I can only imagine the pain that coyote must have endured. However, the coyote had a huge body, great fur, and one would never know that it had suffered except for the deformation on the muzzle. Anyway we decided it would be an interesting skull to clean up. Have a look at what this big old boy survived. I actually felt bad for the thing. That would be horrible to deal with a snare around it's muzzle like that!

Coyotes left side.


Top view.


Coyotes right side. Note that even some of the rear upper teeth are busted.