While a coyote trapped in a shopping mall in Chicago was captured by wildlife officials and saved by a wildlife rehabilitation centre, a coyote in Spryfield, Nova Scotia who was similarly trapped in a shopping mall was tranquilized and euthanized because their behaviour was disoriented. (Rabies is virtually non existent in Nova Scotia and rare in coyotes).  Any animal would be disoriented in a shopping mall and try to run out the window.  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/coyote-spotted-near-spryfield-shopping-centre-euthanized-1.7425038

It is entirely possible that the coyote may have been too sick to save. They showed signs of neurological distress. But unless wildlife rehabilitation centres are allowed to take in coyotes, no sick, injured, or orphaned coyotes in Nova Scotia will ever stand a second chance.  

Hope for Wildlife should have been contacted instead.  They are an excellent organization that perhaps could have saved the coyote in Spryfield.  But coyote rehabilitation is illegal in Nova Scotia.  This drives rehabilitation underground, which puts everyone’s health and safety at risk.  We would love this to change.  Hope Swinimer is very qualified, and she should be given a special permit to live capture, rehabilitate, and release coyotes in Nova Scotia.  www.hopeforwildlife.net

We would also like Hope for Wildlife to provide permanent sanctuary for animals who accidentally end up in Canada, like the lost bat in 2023.  Hope For Wildlife can rehabilitate bats and has vaccinated staff who can provide a permanent home after quarantine.  The current practice is cruel, involving killing the lost animal and dissecting them.  https://healthywildlife.ca/stowaway-bats/