One of my friends from Canada is going to teach in Nantou and he will arrive this summer. But he has 2 coyote pups, Julianna and Melissa and wants to bring them to Taiwan.
He is asking me if the local peoples will suspect that these are not really dogs. Looking at the picture they really look like dogs. He is planning to rent a house with a yard or garden and live far from the city.
Its not locals , its customs he needs to think about. I’d love to see them if he gets them in though.
[quote=“robert the bruce”]One of my friends from Canada is going to teach in Nantou and he will arrive this summer. But he has 2 coyote pups, Julianna and Melissa and wants to bring them to Taiwan.
He is asking me if the local peoples will suspect that these are not really dogs. Looking at the picture they really look like dogs. He is planning to rent a house with a yard or garden and live far from the city.[/quote]
Given how coyotes have basically taken over the suburban environment in North America, I suspect that introducing them to Taiwan is a very bad idea. Can they even be domesticated?! They’re pups now, but what happens when they mature?
Neighbours looking at the coyotes probably won’t suspect anything is amiss. That however will change once the coyotes start vocalizing (or whatever verb I should use).
Well, coyotes have pretty much eliminated the stray problem in North America. Maybe the same thing would happen here.
This sounds like the dumbest idea I have ever heard perhaps in my entire life.
Coyotes,number one, cannot be fully domesticated. Even if they are “tamed” and do not attack the owner, every single person that comes to visit him will be in danger.
They will hunt other people’s pets, including dogs, not just strays, but other dogs.
They will attack other people’s children.
Oh, he will have some pristine house with a fence and yard? They will jump his fence.
They will howl, not bark, but howl (bark too, but thats not the issue).
Also, importing a DOG to Taiwan is a horrible fiasco, costing a couple grand, per animal. Is he willing to drop that kind of money?
I am also sure, that no vet in America will lie and say they are dogs (he has to get blood tests done by an FDA accredited vet, for each dog, 180 days BEFORE they come to Taiwan, then the test has to be sent to the FDA).
Absolutely horrible idea and probably impossible, for a good reason.
A while back there was a guy wanting to buy a raccoon for his apartment, which somehow seems quite reasonable now . . .
They monitor incoming animals quite closely. Don’t think this is going to happen.
Yes thank God they do monitor. We do not need coyotes in Taiwan !! There are none on taiwan . Not sure even the zoo has any.
Its illegal in most states ( i now for sure in california) to even have them as a pet. They are not pets. They are wild animals.
Raccoons are illegal to keep as a pet in Calif too. Because they too are not pets.
They are dangerous to their owners , not to mention to others.
YES. And even if they manage to get through all the red tape and end up at the airport here, they will be put to death on the spot soon as something is found amiss.
Its important to note that animals found with paperwork that is unacceptable are usually not put back on a plane out, but rather killed promptly.
Therefore its 100pct important to make sure all paperwork is in order for your pet.
I have brought in dogs and the process is simple.
However, do keep in mind that most Taiwanese recoil in terror when they see my overweight Sausage Dog. They are generally shit scared of dogs.
I can imagine what will happen when they see a Coyote?
Thank you all for the replies, I will pass them to my friend. The pups mother was caught and killed by a trap so my friend and his other friends just adopted some of the babies. They are pretty cute now, going to be dangerous later. I guess he will need to give them to someone else before coming here for work. I don’t own any pet, I myself don’t have the time or money to take care of any pet.
Now, what about moose, can I import those to Taiwan? Just a little one… please? :loco:
With mushroom sauce…mmmm.
Even if he makes it through all the checkpoints all Hell is going to break loose the first time they’ll need a vet visit. My vet was able to immediately recognize that my cat is not a house cat, but a leopard/cat hybrid. Since those are indigenous to Taiwan and leopards are not endagered, no one cares. Wouldn’t work for coyotes.
[quote=“robert the bruce”]One of my friends from Canada is going to teach in Nantou and he will arrive this summer.
But he has 2 coyote pups, Julianna and Melissa and wants to bring them to Taiwan.
He is asking me if the local peoples will suspect that these are not really dogs. Looking at the picture they really look like dogs.
He is planning to rent a house with a yard or garden and live far from the city.
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Dude??? DUUUUUUUUUDE???
Sad what happened to their mom. Im sure they are nice pets. But they do need a good home. FLying them over to Taiwan ISN’T it.
One major issue is the introduction of a non-native predatory species to an island ecosystem, especially a species that may be capable of interbreeding with local dogs.
Coyotes rarely attack people but it’s happened. They certainly would help weed out some of the pet/stray population. Might not be a bad idea to introduce them in places where monkeys are a real nuisance
Often, introduced species turn into an environmental disaster, especially generalist predators (like coyotes) which never just target ‘pest’ animals but indiscriminately kill everything. Anyway, does anyone really think it would actually be better to replace all the stray dogs and pesky monkeys with coyotes? 
Reintroducing the clouded leopard would be a much better idea!
Reintroducing the clouded leopard would be a much better idea![/quote]
My cat is a half-leopard hybrid, at least according to a zoologist at academia sinica and the people at Fushan garden I spoke with. O_o