Saskatchewan trappers are cashing in on a hot new fur trend.

This year, the price of a coyote pelt is going for almost double what they were three years ago. The best pelts used to fetch $50. Now, trappers can get about $100.

It is difficult to tally coyote numbers beyond voluntary trapper surveys.

Here are the number of coyote or "prairie wolf" pelts in Saskatchewan from 2006-10:…

A woman on the "neck" in Victoria thought she had a backyard visit from a dog this morning, but it turned out to be a coyote. The resident says she was on her back deck, when she saw what she thought was a German shepherd on her lawn. On closer examination it turned out to be a grey coyote. The woman says the coyote stared her down for a few minutes, and then headed through the wooded area towards the Pentecostal church.

She believes the animal may have been attracted to the smell of…

A Corner Brook man is devastated about his cat's death following a brutal attack in his backyard by what may have been a coyote.

Edgar Burton from the Curling area said the attack happened Sunday morning around 8 a.m., when he let his cat Dusty outside.

Five minutes later, Burton heard a thumping sound, but couldn't see anything in his yard.

Another five minutes passed, and Burton said he heard a yapping sound, "like a dog barking."

"So I went to my back window…