Lucky Coyote Hit At 75 MPH, Survives 600 Mile Trip, Escapes From Kennel
Photographs show a coyote that survived an eight-hour trip wedged behind a car bumper!
"Daniel saw fur and the body inside the grill," Tevyn East said. "I was trying to keep some distance. Our assumption was it was part of the coyote; it didn't register it was the whole animal."
Daniel East got a broom to try and pry the remains out of the bumper and got the shock of his life.
"It flinched," Tevyn East said. "It was a huge surprise & he got a little freaked out."
Tevyn and Daniel huddled with Jeffrey Adams, who got on the telephone with volunteers from Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release.
Volunteer Jan Crowell arrived with a kennel and equipment to help corral the coyote, including a catch pole with a loop, and the delicate operation to rescue the coyote got under way.
Crowell was able to get the catch pole loop around its neck and used that to guide the animal into the dog carrier. She then took the coyote home, where she rehabilitates wild mammals, for observation.
"I was just amazed," Crowell said. "Quite frankly, I figured it would have broken bones."
When the 45-pound canine calmed down, the only injuries it appeared to have sustained were a scratch on one leg and a scrape on the pad of one paw, she said.
The rescued coyote escaped from its wildlife kennel a few days later, before it could be shipped back for release in Utah, and is now presumably leading a wild coyote's life in northern California.
Additional photographs of the incident can be viewed on <A HREF="http://www.rexfeatures.com/search/?kw=coyote" TARGET=rex>Rex Features</A> web site.
Source: Lucky Coyote Hit At 75 MPH, Survives 600 Mile Trip, Escapes From Kennel
"Daniel saw fur and the body inside the grill," Tevyn East said. "I was trying to keep some distance. Our assumption was it was part of the coyote; it didn't register it was the whole animal."
Daniel East got a broom to try and pry the remains out of the bumper and got the shock of his life.
"It flinched," Tevyn East said. "It was a huge surprise & he got a little freaked out."
Tevyn and Daniel huddled with Jeffrey Adams, who got on the telephone with volunteers from Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release.
Volunteer Jan Crowell arrived with a kennel and equipment to help corral the coyote, including a catch pole with a loop, and the delicate operation to rescue the coyote got under way.
Crowell was able to get the catch pole loop around its neck and used that to guide the animal into the dog carrier. She then took the coyote home, where she rehabilitates wild mammals, for observation.
"I was just amazed," Crowell said. "Quite frankly, I figured it would have broken bones."
When the 45-pound canine calmed down, the only injuries it appeared to have sustained were a scratch on one leg and a scrape on the pad of one paw, she said.
The rescued coyote escaped from its wildlife kennel a few days later, before it could be shipped back for release in Utah, and is now presumably leading a wild coyote's life in northern California.
Additional photographs of the incident can be viewed on <A HREF="http://www.rexfeatures.com/search/?kw=coyote" TARGET=rex>Rex Features</A> web site.
Source: Lucky Coyote Hit At 75 MPH, Survives 600 Mile Trip, Escapes From Kennel
