Health officials: Potentially rabid coyote spotted on Marist College campus
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Dutchess County Health Department has a warning about an aggressive coyote that might have rabies.
Officials say the coyote was spotted on the Marist College campus in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday.
The state hired a wildlife removal company to try to trap the animal.
Aggressive coyotes have been seen around Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park since September. People are urged to avoid contact with them.
