Emily Mitchell, whose 19-year-old daughter Taylor Mitchell was attacked and killed by two coyotes last week while hiking in Nova Scotia, has issued a statement asking authorities not to go after the animals: “We take a calculated risk when spending time in nature’s fold — it’s the wildlife’s terrain,” she wrote. “When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor’s voice say, ‘Please don’t, this is their space.’ She wouldn’t have wanted their demise, especially as a result of her own.” A Parks Canada conservation officer has already killed one coyote and a police officer who arrived on scene after Taylor’s attack shot and injured a second one. Chip Bird, Cape Breton field superintendent for Parks Canada, said that in 30 years, he knew of only one minor incident involving a coyote in the area before last week’s incident. Taylor, a folk singer from Toronto, was touring the Atlantic provinces.