A wildlife expert says he finally has an answer on the mystery white animal found dead in Kennebunk last week: it’s a rare white Eastern coyote. After giving the animal a thorough examination early Monday afternoon — but not doing a necropsy yet — Maine Wildlife Biologist Scott Lindsay said measurements of the animal’s bones, the condition of its teeth and its bottle brush tail all are “very consistent” with a coyote.
“It’s certainly not a wolf,” he said. “And nothing leads me to believe it’s a domestic animal.” The mystery first started when the white animal staggered out of the woods around 7 p.m. March 18 behind a Balsam Lane home, crawled under the back porch and died. After seeing photos of the animals two days later, Lindsay spent three days tracking its body down, finally securing it on Friday from behind a business in Alfred where it had been dumped. Lindsay said the animal was something of a mystery because of its white fur and the fact that its nose color is not that usually found in coyotes. Read more….