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An image of a sad-looking coyote in a bathtub gained popularity on social media in October 2017 after someone claiming the animal had been mistaken for a dog posted it to a Twinsburg, Ohio-area Facebook group: This image has been circulating with the accompanying backstory since at least 12 October 2017. It has also been shared as if this lost dog had been found in Kerrville, Texas. However, this photograph actually dates to 2014, the coyote in question did not live in Ohio, and the pictured canine was not mistaken for a dog. The picture originated with the Incredible Features photography agency and shows Wiley, a pet coyote who lives with the Hanestad family of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Rick Hanestad said that he started caring for the coyote after its mother was killed in the Spring of 2011. Patricia Randolph wrote about the uncommon adoption on the wildlife advocacy blog Wisconsin Wildlife Ethic-Vote Our Wildlife: Allison Pohle, who tweeted the claim that the coyote had been mistaken for a dog, later acknowledged her mistake:
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