Shy ostlers regularly ignored animals (7)
I believe the answer is:
coyotes
'animals' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'shy ostlers regularly ignored' is the wordplay.
'shy' becomes 'coy' (coy can mean shy or modest).
'regularly ignored' means one should take alternating letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
The alternate letters of 'ostlers' are 'otes'.
'coy'+'otes'='COYOTES'
(Other definitions for coyotes that I've seen before include "Prairie wolves" , "American prairie dogs" , "North American predators" .)