Coyotes Get Fast Food
Or rather, not fast enough food. A woman walking across a parking lot toward a McDonald's restaurant at a rest stop on I-95 was bitten by a coyote. The animal sneaked up behind her and bit her on the back of the knee. When fire department personnel responded, the coyote started advancing on them.
The bite victim, Maria Gicana, a nurse from Queens, said she was driving home from Cape Cod with her boyfriend Sunday night when they stopped at the rest area. She was walking toward the restaurant when the animal attacked her from behind, biting her on the back of her knee.
"I looked around. I thought it was my boyfriend playing tricks on me," she told the New Haven Register. "So I turned around and saw this coyote. Actually, I thought it was a dog."
Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Klarman said the animal also advanced on him after he responded to the incident Sunday night.
"The coyote got down into what I'd say was a stalking position," he said. "As I began to retreat, it actually stood up and began to walk toward me, and I began to run back to my car."
A state trooper drove her cruiser between Klarman and the animal and it ran into the woods, he said.
Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist at the state Department of Environmental Protection, said coyotes have been known to attack dogs and cats, but attacks on humans are rare.
The woman is receiving rabies shots. Connecticut is getting to be a dangerous place these days. Now, how are you going to keep the critters away now that they've tried fast food? Or slow food, as the case may be.
By old_dawg, Tuesday, 19 September , 2006 @ 7:25 pm
Since coyotes are native to the South and this happened in Connecticutt, I hope someone catches the coyote and treats it before it starts sounding like Ned Lamont.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 19 September , 2006 @ 7:30 pm
Bwahahaha
By Fersboo, Wednesday, 20 September , 2006 @ 7:56 am
“Now, how are you going to keep the critters away now that they’ve tried fast food? ”
Shooting them? Just a thought.
By Gaius, Wednesday, 20 September , 2006 @ 7:57 am
Somebody would be starting a campaign against cruelty to coyotes. Bet on it.