I am a child of the Sixties. The essays in the book discuss the impact of cultural attitudes, economic conditions, and world views upon a mid-sized predator deemed a destroyer of human civilization, which had to be eradicated to protect human prosperity and quality of life. The hatred toward the coyote could be interpreted as arrogant ignorance of the natural systems that produce habitat and life for all life on the plant. Dan Flores discourse explains to me who I am and the philosophies that underscore my existence and put me at odds with the world of 2025.
