Two orphaned coyote pups rescued from Riverside and Los Angles counties earlier this year are now living at the Virginia Living Museum after San Diego Humane Society staff determined they could not safely return to the wild.

The pups were taken in this spring at the Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center .

The first pup, a female, was found under a deck in Palm Desert when she was just two days old. A well-intentioned rescuer bottle-fed her for two weeks before bringing her to the SDHS in April. By then, she had already bonded too closely with humans, officials said.

The second pup, a male, was rescued from the Long Beach area in May. He arrived with his eyes still closed and required bottle feeding from Project Wildlife staff until he was large enough to be placed with other coy

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