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Coyote that bite kid spared #6739684
01/22/20 12:13 PM
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A coyote who was captured after biting a 6-year-old boy in Lincoln Park won’t be euthanized, officials said Tuesday.

The coyote was caught and taken in by Chicago Animal Care and Control on Jan. 9, a day after biting the boy in his face in Lincoln Park. Officials said Sunday that DNA testing confirmed the captured coyote was the one who bit the boy and said the animal possibly became aggressive after someone shot him with a BB gun.

Some Chicagoans had been worried the coyote would be euthanized, but Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation — which is caring for the animal — said that won’t be the case.

Instead, the coyote has been named Mercy. He won’t be released back into the wild since DNA evidence shows he likely bit the boy, but he will be permanently placed in an “educational setting with specifics yet to be determined,” according to a Facebook post.

“Mercy is not the first coyote we have treated that was harmed by humans,” the organization wrote. “We hope that Mercy, as an educational ambassador, will serve as a reminder regarding the need for peaceful coexistence.”

Mercy was “extremely frightened” when admitted to the rehabilitation center and showed “definite signs of stress and trauma,” but he has not been aggressive since being captured.

An evaluation showed Mercy was recently shot by someone with a BB gun, and the BB went through the coyote’s neck and lodged “deep inside” his chest, according to the rehabilitation center.

“We cannot definitively determine the extent to which this recent injury may have contributed to the coyote’s behavior at the time of the incident but suspect that it was a contribution factor,” the rehabilitation center wrote.

Hundreds of people commented on the rehabilitation center’s post to thank its employees for rescuing the coyote.

“Thank you for saving this beautiful animal,” one person wrote.


The coyote was captured Jan. 9.
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Coyotes have lived amongst Chicagoans for years, but attacks are extremely rare. Officials said the attack on the 6-year-old was likely the first reported coyote bite of a human in more than a decade in Cook County.

Coyotes typically avoid humans “at all costs,” Stan Gehrt of Ohio State University and the local Urban Coyote Research program previously said.

Human behavior is the top reason for coyote attacks — whether that is from chasing (or, as is possible in this case, shooting) the animals or feeding them, according to the Humane Society.

The coyote — who became recognizable quickly because of his distinctive limp — was caught after people reported seeing an injured coyote on the North Side on Jan. 6.

Then on Jan. 8, a 6-year-old boy was walking near the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum with his nanny when he went up a hill. He apparently surprised the coyote, who bit him.

The nanny and two passersby helped the boy, who was hospitalized.

Later that day, a 32-year-old man said he was bitten by a coyote in Steeterville. Officials said that incident was not a confirmed coyote bite.

A dog was also reportedly bitten by a coyote and had to be rescued by its owner and passersby, and a waterlogged coyote was rescued from Monroe Harbor the same week.

The day after the boy was bitten, someone reported seeing a coyote at Oz Park, which sent Lincoln Park High School into a temporary lockdown.

The coyote has not shown signs of rabies, but he will receive further testing to ensure he does not have any diseases or viruses.

“Coyotes are common throughout the Chicagoland area and protected under the Illinois Wildlife Code. Residents should always take caution if they encounter a coyote and notify [Animal Control] by calling 311,” an Animal Control spokesman said. “It remains extremely rare for a coyote to approach or bite a person.”


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739719
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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739720
01/22/20 12:39 PM
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No bail no bond.

Just like NYC.

Ask NYC how that is working out for them.


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739724
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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739747
01/22/20 01:00 PM
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You just can't fix stupid


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739792
01/22/20 01:39 PM
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Maybe they can release it into my care. I’ll make sure it’s taken to a nice farm down state with the other 40 yotes I’ve helped reach their potential this year. They are well mannered. All hanging in a straight line and pointing up. Lol.
Sometimes I’m surprised they haven’t made the yote our state mammal. Morons.




I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.

More trappin' and less yappin'.



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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: yoteguts] #6739815
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Originally Posted by yoteguts
Sometimes I’m surprised they haven’t made the yote our state mammal. Morons.


I thought the state mammal for California was the unicorn.


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739823
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OK, Im confused, why was it still alive when it was brought to animal control?.... cool

Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: Bruce T] #6739826
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Originally Posted by Bruce T
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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739910
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Coyotes are protected in Illinois? Or just Chicago?

Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6739911
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and what is the make and model of that BB gun


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: Wanna Be] #6739990
01/22/20 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be
Coyotes are protected in Illinois? Or just Chicago?

nope they are technically not really protected anywhere in the state if you have a valid hunting license you can harvest them and stripped skunks year round we do have a specific trapping season for them tho. Chicago is just flipping crazy but welcome to my wonderful home state, second highest in taxes, our current governor has more money then POTUS and our past governors are in prison making our license plates good old Illinois!!


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: l1ranger] #6739998
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Originally Posted by l1ranger
and what is the make and model of that BB gun


if I had to guess with as deep as they say it was and the path it took 12ga doesn't really matter the make or model if it isn't steel .177 it sure wasn't any BB gun I have ever seen


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: l1ranger] #6740010
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Originally Posted by l1ranger
and what is the make and model of that BB gun

An official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6740012
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Oh my Gosh..........

Mercy!!

Pure insanity


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: 330-Trapper] #6740025
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
Oh my Gosh..........

Mercy!!

Pure insanity

yep!! we have to come up with fancy name so people remember just like that gator that was found in a city park lake this past summer got named Chance the Snapper and got his own Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_the_Snapper


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6740038
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Coyotes are people too.


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6740041
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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: MJM] #6740059
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I witnessed an educational exhibit of live wolves were the young lady giving the presentation was sitting inside the cage petting the wolf as she spoke. My daughter was very embarrassed when I pointed out to the young lady giving the presentation that young children in the audience might not fully understand what she was saying but they would remember that it is OK to pet a wolf.

One reason why I oppose the adoption of any wild animal as a pet.


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Re: Coyote that bite kid spared [Re: Beavertrapper24] #6740111
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Originally Posted by Beavertrapper24
Originally Posted by Wanna Be
Coyotes are protected in Illinois? Or just Chicago?

nope they are technically not really protected anywhere in the state if you have a valid hunting license you can harvest them and stripped skunks year round we do have a specific trapping season for them tho. Chicago is just flipping crazy but welcome to my wonderful home state, second highest in taxes, our current governor has more money then POTUS and our past governors are in prison making our license plates good old Illinois!!

C'mon Beavertrapper24 - Don't you know "coyote lives matter"...
This state is really screwed up - thank you Chicago idiots!

"The day after the boy was bitten, someone reported seeing a coyote at Oz Park, which sent Lincoln Park High School into a temporary lockdown."
Oh Good Lord!!!!


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