Reviled predator, often a target of `coyote whacking,´ is gaining a flicker of respect
(LA Times Auto Racing)

It´s a small speck of brown moving across a seemingly endless valley of snow. The valley is so silent and so frigid, it feels as if the slightest sound could crack the sky. Franz Camenzind is unbothered by the cold. He lines up his spotting scope atop a tripod and moves it slowly, left to right....