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Originally Posted by Marna1957  WHERE WAS THIS CHILD'S MOTHER!????? OR ADULT PERSON!?????? <grins, THAT I was yelling!> Wildlife can be bold, but that child had to approach the animal! So sad!
THIS is why I hate to see wildlife as pets on f/b. Then stupid people that see those photos/videos think that all wildlife is kind and friendly....."just approach them slowly with a nice voice.". Or that a person can just raise any old animal....from a baby....and have a nice pet.
This sort of thing REALLY bothers me. I have loved animals since the day I was born....but my dad INSTILLED in me.....LEAVE THE WILD ANIMALS ALONE!
Poor kid. That poor poor child! |
Im sure this was replied to concerning the Chicago attack on young boy - but the child in this event that was on trail at the museum in Lincoln Park Zoo property of chicago ***Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum was with a caretaker - which probably means a nanny - Chicago has many nannies
- was just walking the trail. Boom coyote gets him. Two men helped get the coyote off of his head. The female caretaker was striking, yelling for help etc.
There are three or four URBAN COYOTE RESEARCH groups on the property. At this Nature Museum that is FULL AWARE of coyotes on the property.
They should check for dens, alert trail walkers, etc. Just to be safe. They claim "the child surprised the coyote." Yep. All the kid's fault. Then you see workers checking AFTER THE ATTACK FOR DENS!! WHAT? why not be sure of safety BEFORE CHILD IS HARMED>
The coyote that was witnessed in many locations/neighborhoods that had a limp was caught and saved. this was the one that attacked the child. They checked the DNA. Is removal of head necessary to determine rabies? This is hush hush but the animal is still alive. They trapped it. AND:
THE GROUP NAMED THE COYOTE MERCY.
At one time someone shot at the vicious predator - probably attacking a pet - and a bb was in shoulder. Now, it is that unknown person's fault. The poor animal that can rip you to shreds in a heartbeat was scared, lonely, hungry and had a booboo.
Chicago names it. It is going to a shelter.
I have a feeling the "research group" chipped this thing when it was a pup. A cute little fuzzy wuzzy honey baby that now is grown and very powerful and won't think twice when ripping the flesh off your leashed pet - or biting YOU to get to your pet!
Done a lot of research on these. There is NO safe way TO AVOID a RABID coyote. NONE. Shake your boxes of rocks, throw the rocks - you'll just make them more determined to take you down. They circle. Scent downwind. One watches you while others come up from behind. At least this what I have learned from Coyote Hunter forums/sites/etc. They are hired due to the high number of livestock kills - especially the new livestock that are being born...they take off with cords, etc. Costs the farmers alot.
It is incredible the lengths towns go to in order to hush any info. My town has zip. Although the principal at one lutheran school claims "they" more than one - are seen in the school yard during school hours. There is NO fencing. It is a big wide area. Reminds me of the video of the coyote that took off in a softball field toward a little girl with her mom pushing a stroller in NJ? Attacked the child for no reason. Knocked down the stroller. A cop came and sat on the thing until guns arrived to kill it.
Be careful out there. They have litters of four to five and MORE born in Apr/May. How many all over usa are going to release these juveniles to hunt in late Summer/Fall? TO then MATE and start over.
There is NO predator of this animal in our nw Indiana Town of Munster. NONE. They are NOT protected. NO NEED. The coyote/wolf/dog mixes are thriving in numbers. THRIVING and MULTIPLYING RIGHT NOW.
No PROGRAM to deal either. Not for schools, school bus stops, trails...They won't even clean up the overgrown trees, etc!! No signs. No warnings. Liability? No heads up to NEVER TURN AND RUN AWAY.
That is alot of new hunters. Killers. Most of the town in unaware.
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