Canids and Humans
One canid, the domestic dog, a subspecies of the gray wolf, long ago entered into a partnership with humans and today remains one of the most widely kept domestic animals in the world and serves humanity in many important ways.
Among canids, only the gray wolf has widely been known to prey on humans. Nonetheless, there are at least two records of coyotes killing humans, and two of golden jackals killing children. Human beings have trapped and hunted some canid species for their fur and, especially the gray wolf and the red fox, for sport. Some canids are now endangered in the wild because of hunting, habitat loss, and introduction of diseases from domestic dogs.
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