Bad Coyote


Bad Coyote is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jason Andrew Young.

Summary

The film profiles the expansion of the Eastern coyote into Atlantic Canada, centred in particular on the 2009 death of singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell in a coyote attack.

Release

The film premiered at the 2013 Atlantic International Film Festival, and received some further film festival and commercial screenings, including at the Planet in Focus environmental film festival, before receiving a television broadcast on Documentary in 2014.

Accolades

The film was nominated for Best Science or Nature Documentary, and Young was nominated for Best Direction in a Documentary Program, at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.