
Female Coyote Captured Near Chicago History Museum Last Week Is In Good Condition
Animal control said the coyote likely became comfortable around people because they were feeding her.
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Animal control said the coyote likely became comfortable around people because they were feeding her.
A coyote has been captured in Lincoln Park, and it was all caught on camera.
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Chicago police said officers responded to reports of a vicious animal on the 6400 block of North Newgard Avenue around 12:10 p.m., and notified Chicago Animal Care and Control.
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"We will, instead, be placing the coyote, now named Mercy, in a permanent educational setting with specifics yet to be determined," Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said.
Chicago Animal Care and Control officials said they also confirmed the coyote had been shot in the chest with a BB gun, which likely explains why it was limping when it was caught, and why it had been acting aggressively.
"Their biggest threat to their survival in rural areas is hunting and trapping. But when you move into the city, hunting and trapping is illegal."
Chicago Animal Care and Control said if you do encounter a coyote, there are specific things to do: You should shout, wave or throw things at the coyote rather than run away. Do not feed it and keep an eye on small dogs.
A coyote led police on a chase through the Cabrini-Green area Thursday night, amid an all-out hunt for a coyote that bit a young boy on the head in Lincoln Park a night earlier.
"I knew they existed. But they're out on the prowl."
Police officers as well as Animal Care and Control have patrolling the area for the animal.
A 5-year-old boy was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, after a coyote bit him several times outside a nature museum in Lincoln Park.
With thousands of the animals living in the city, close encounters of the coyote kind are becoming all too common.
A howling coyote was caught on camera by a Near North Side resident – right in his backyard in broad daylight.
A toy poodle was treated like a chew toy by a wild coyote in Old Town last week – and it's not the first time such a thing has happened in the area.
A couple in Lincoln Park got quite a scare this week while trying to put their baby in the car.
It happened in a matter of seconds – a woman's dog was attacked by a coyote on the Near North Side.
The incident was captured on the family's home doorbell camera, and her father posted the video on YouTube.
From alligators in the city to donkeys on the expressway, the Chicago area has reported many exotic sightings.
A warning about coyotes in the northern suburbs is being issued after a family pet was killed.
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Police are warning pet owners to keep a close eye on their animals since this is mating season for coyotes.
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The shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
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At least 14 students and one teacher were killed when a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Texas.
Four people were taken to a local hospital and are expected to recover.
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