Crime & Safety
Coyote Put Down After Being Caught In Philadelphia: Reports
Officials said the coyote was "too friendly" to let it live on, according to CBS Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – What began as a rather comic scene in South Philadelphia ended with a wild animal being killed, according to reports.
A coyote was caught by authorities in South Philadelphia Thursday morning in the Graduate Hospital area.
And now reports say that coyote has been euthanized.
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According to Fox 29, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reversed course after saying it would release the animal and put it down.
The coyote was said to be "too friendly and docile," CBS Philadelphia reports.
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The coyote was wrangled Thursday morning in a parking lot at 16th and Montrose streets after winding its way through the city.
It went from 6th and Spring Garden then to Penn's Landing before ending up in Graduate Hospital where it was caught.
Here he is! Officer Marck Smith took this photo of coyote. Game Commission said it was in Bridesburg last night, made way here. pic.twitter.com/u7DcHre3LE
— Katherine Scott (@KScott6abc) April 26, 2018
#WILD: Philly Animal Control and Pennsylvania Game Commission work together to capture a coyote in South Philly. Coyote is fine and will now be relocated to a wooded area, likely somewhere in Montgomery County. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/fPuXkkLis9
— Jan Carabeo (@JanCarabeoCBS3) April 26, 2018
Image via Shutterstock/Paul Tessier
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