Coyote captured in Chicago
Friday, Jan 10, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Earlier this week we had some fun with a photo of a coyote across the street from Gibson’s. Since then, however, things got ugly…
Residents in Chicago have been rattled after two people, including a 6-year-old boy, were attacked by coyotes on the same day … after at least a decade without an incident.
Both attacks occurred Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune reports the boy was walking on a path near the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. A coyote lying on a grassy hill bit the boy on the head and had to be fought off by the boy’s nanny and other bystanders, the Tribune reports. USA Today reports the boy is recovering and is in “good spirits” in Lurie Children’s Hospital.
* So I was captivated last night by a Twitter play-by-play posted by Chicago Tribune overnight crime reporter Paige Fry…
She updated for almost three hours. I was so tired this morning.
* Here’s her Tribune story…
A coyote was caught on Chicago’s North Side Thursday evening, but authorities said it was not yet known whether it’s the same animal that attacked a 5-year-old boy the day before about two miles away.
The coyote, which appeared injured, was spotted around 10 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Dayton Street in the Lincoln Park area, according to Chicago Animal Care and Control. Workers from the agency caught up with the animal about a block away and “safely” shot it with a tranquilizer dart.
The coyote was taken to the agency’s facilities for “further evaluation,” it said in a tweet. […]
But Ald. Brian Hopkins, whose 2nd Ward includes the museum, tweeted that “preliminary indications strongly suggest this is the animal involved … waiting for DNA test results to confirm.”
The alderman said the coyote may also be the same animal that bit a man in the buttocks later Wednesday in Streeterville. Neither the boy nor the man — who showed up at a hospital with what he said was a coyote bite — suffered life-threatening injuries.
Also make sure to read the team coverage story in the Sun-Times.
* Video…
