Pet owners beware after coyote attacks dog in Arlington Heights
Yell, clap hands, and use a whistle or air horn to scare them off.
Yell, clap hands, and use a whistle or air horn to scare them off.
They said they take his care very seriously, after calls from animal activists last year to move him to a sanctuary in Colorado.
Make sure to keep dogs on a leash, and cats indoors. Coyote mating season typically runs through May.
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"These guys are really nomadic right now. And they're going to be on the move until they can find a vacant spot."
Rocky has been caged at the River Trail Nature Center for four years.
Animal control said the coyote likely became comfortable around people because they were feeding her.
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Anne Reinerston and her dog were taking a walk on a nature trail when they were attacked. She spoke with CBS 2 about her experience.
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.
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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.
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