PHOENIX — Arizona wildlife officials are sounding the alarm about potential health risks wild coyotes could pose to domestic animals.
Laboratory testing has confirmed that canine distemper is circulating among coyotes within residential neighborhoods and parks, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
This illness is a highly contagious viral disease that infects an animal’s respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems. While humans aren’t vulnerable to it, the disease can be fatal for both domestic and wild animals, especially canids…