California coyote returns to the wild after illegal steel-jawed trap rescue

California coyote returns to the wild after illegal steel-jawed trap rescue

A young female coyote is back in the wild after surviving a terrifying encounter with an illegal steel-jawed leg-hold trap near Fairfield, California — and the rescue is serving as a warning of the dangers these devices pose, KCRA reported. Here's what to know Authorities were contacted after someone in the area came across the young coyote, which was caught in a steel-jawed trap anchored in the ground near Suisun Valley and Rockville roads outs…