Poor Porcupine

We are so sad.  The porcupine is dead.  We found it's poor little body up the hill where we had seen it grazing for the last couple of weeks. Of course, we don't have a clue how or why.  Maybe old age? 

It sound silly, but it really does pack an emotional punch.  As the caretakers of this wonderful piece of  land and the animals that inhabit it, we are so sad when something like this happens.  Damn!