Spring is busy season for wildlife centers everywhere, and bizarre-seeming stories like this one are happenstance for staff who work there.
What looked like a lost puppy in distress on the side of a road turned out to be something else entirely, after someone near Dover, Massachusetts, drove by and decided to pick up the adorable canid.
At some point, they realized it was potentially not a puppy and decided to call Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable late April.
Very soon, wildlife staff identified the adorable furry creature as a baby coyote.
They examined the pup — a male — to check if he was healthy and determined him to be just a few weeks old at the time….