  Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark Post Number: 304 Registered: 12-2004 |
to his credit he was headed for corktown and safety http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/U PDATE/704100447/1003/METRO Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Print this Comment on this E-mail this Detroit to euthanize coyote after downtown chase Paul Egan / The Detroit News Advertisement Get free headlines by e-mail NEW! Get text alerts on your cell phone Printer friendly version Comment on this story Send this story to a friend Get Home Delivery A wily coyote ran a lap around the federal courthouse and led police and animal control officers on an hour-long chase through downtown Detroit before it was captured this afternoon. "This is the first we've every heard of a coyote in downtown Detroit," said Deputy Chief James Tate of Detroit police Deputy U.S. Marshall Scott Machlay had stepped out of the courthouse onto Lafayette Boulevard at around 2 p.m. when he saw a coyote running along Lafayette toward a nearby Coney Island restaurant. Machlay estimated the coyote weighed 45 to 50 pounds and was light gray in color "At first, he looked like a wolf, but he was too small," he said. The coyote, which was soon pursued by city police and animal control officers, appeared to circle the federal building before hiding beneath a car in a parking lot on Lafayette. He then bolted when city animal control officers approached with nets, dashing down Shelby toward the river and taking a left on Fort Street. "He looked scared," said Andy Iqbal, a 19-year-old parking lot attendant from Sterling Heights who witnessed much of the pursuit around the federal building. The animal was eventually captured by animal control near the Renaissance Center at about 3 p.m., Tate said. "We've got the coyote, but we haven't got the roadrunner yet," Tate said. Asked if the animal was facing charges, Tate said, "We'll have to do some questioning." In fact, the coyote already faces a death sentence, city spokesman Matt Allen said. It's city policy to euthanize wild animals found inside the city, because even if released in the wild, they have a tendency to return, he said. Earlier this month, a coyote startled patrons when it walked into a Quizno's submarine shop in downtown Chicago. Brad Swanson, a wildlife biologist at Central Michigan University, said finding coyotes inside urban areas is not terribly uncommon, but a sighting in downtown Detroit is rare because of the large urban expanse that surrounds it. The unusual recent cold spell may be pushing them out of their natural habitat, he said. | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 775 Registered: 12-2006 |
So that's where the Grosse Pointe Coyote went! | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 217 Registered: 12-2006 |
Now let's just locate the Wixom Panther and Warren Liger...last I heard they were hiding out somewhere around selden and temple and blocks in between. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 763 Registered: 02-2007 |
I think I saw the Panther one time over here in NE Detroit, Really (I'm aware it's sarcasm). | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 226 Registered: 05-2006 |
This is how Chicago treats their coyote. quote: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070403 /20070403006289.html?.v=1 And this is how Detroit treats their coyote. quote: The same thing they did to the Belle Isle deer; Disgusting! | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 768 Registered: 02-2007 |
That is why we have Animal Cops Detroit. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1866 Registered: 12-2005 |
I thought I heard on Channel 7 that they intended to set it free in the wild. | ||
Reetz12 Member Username: Reetz12 Post Number: 159 Registered: 09-2005 |
I wouldn't mind catching a "cougar" this weekend. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1263 Registered: 12-2003 |
Coyotes eat rats and mice. Why are they chasing -- and euthanizing -- this much-needed predator? Meanwhile the rodents downtown run free ... | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 672 Registered: 11-2003 |
Why can't they just release it up north? How's it going to get back, jump on I-75? If he does find a way to get back downtown the city has a new motto. "Downtown Detroit, so much fun even the coyotes can't stay away." | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 3111 Registered: 10-2003 |
Driving them up I-75 wouldn't work, they would find their way back ... Coyotes congregate where there is opportunity....Opportunity for shelter...Opportunity for food...Opportunity for panhandling ... Coyotes are very very mobile ... | ||
Urbanoutdoors Member Username: Urbanoutdoors Post Number: 179 Registered: 11-2005 |
Wow, there is no wilderness around Detroit for a cyote to roam. I saw one over by the new allen park development right by 94 and oakwood. Mark we could have used him to keep the bums out of our alley. | ||
Salvadordelmundo Member Username: Salvadordelmundo Post Number: 89 Registered: 04-2006 |
Coyotes are known to attack children, among other small creatures. I lived in a rural area out west for a bit. When we saw coyotes coming up on the sheep pens, we grabbed the rifles and shot 'em. | ||
Waxx Member Username: Waxx Post Number: 106 Registered: 09-2006 |
Wow. 1st Chicago last week, NOW Detroit! Where's the roadrunner-camouflaged on old Plymouths like he was in the '60s? (lol) | ||
Sticks Member Username: Sticks Post Number: 252 Registered: 08-2005 |
Sounds like people should be coming to visit Detroit for the wildlife. Black squirrels, pheasants, and now coyotes. What's next, rattle snakes? | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 673 Registered: 11-2003 |
Give her a couple of coneys with everything, one from Lafayette and one from American and set her free. This way Detroit doesn't look cold compared to Chicago and we can say we feed our wayward coyotes better than they do. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 946 Registered: 08-2006 |
It's sad, but there is an element of our society that believes all of nature should be controlled, coyotes, bears, possums, racoons, deer, should all be in zoos. We wouldn't want some mother blue jay dive bombing us while trying to Bar b Que in the back yard! | ||
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark Post Number: 306 Registered: 12-2004 |
Cambrian note urbanoutdoors post. Perhaps we can seek a natural balance with the homeless (bums?) along with the species you mentioned. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 948 Registered: 08-2006 |
I dunno, the coyotes aren't baggin' for change. | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2006 |
If you can spare the plane fare, or maybe get the ASPCA to chip in, you can ship him down here to Texas. We have a lot of coyotes here and I can guarantee, it's too far to be worth his while to return. Poor thing! It's not his fault he ended up there! | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 1432 Registered: 11-2005 |
Don't worry, E-Dame the coyote was saved: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=20077041804 47 | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 127 Registered: 05-2004 |
Not even wild animals are safe in Detroit. |
