Coyote Trap

While I was at the ranch, the owner's dog got caught in a coyote trap.  A member of their family and I were able to free her almost immediately and the dog was shaken, but unharmed. Yet, the presence of the trap was clearly very upsetting to the people who live there.  They have no idea who put it there, and that malicious object felt so out of place in the serene landscape.