Posted on 04/15/2015 11:44:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Somebody call the X-Men.
A 40-pound wolverine escaped from its metal carrier at Newark Airport and had to be shot with a tranquilizer dart, officials said Wednesday.
The male European wolverine broke out of the carrier around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday inside a transport van. The wolverine was en route from Norway to Alaska through Newark, officials said.
A veterinarian from the Bronx Zoo tranquilized the animal so he could be safely moved to a secure carrier. Wolverines are part of the weasel family.
The wolverine is owed by the Alaska State Zoo, which had a representative traveling with the wolverine. There were no injuries.
The wolverine escapades happened on the same day as cops in Manhattan caught and tranquilized a wily coyote near a Chelsea churchyard Tuesday morning.
Cops tranquilized and collared the critter after they were alerted by passersby at the Holy Apostles Church on Ninth Ave. and W. 28th St. about 8:45 a.m., officials said.
Patrol cops kept an eye on the beast until Emergency Service Unit officers arrived.
“He was a large, full-grown coyote,” said ESU Detective Robert Mirfield, a 17-year NYPD veteran. “Very strong. He was in good health.”
The ESU cops eventually managed to hit the coyote with a tranquilizer dart laced with Ketaset.
A wolverine could probably rip your face off before you knew what was happening.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty.
WOLVERINES!
Personally, I blame Michigan State for this.
CC
If a wolverine gets loose in a van I’m driving, he can have the van.
Maybe they were planing a Wolverine vs Kodiak Bear cage match.
Not sure where I would put my money.
Yep. 10 seconds would do it.
...Kicking Russian & Cuban Ass!
Regarding the coyote that got tranq’d ... was it the same one caught on camera doing a pub crawl a couple weeks back?
LOL
Michigan State Spartans?
LOL...Even a 40 pound Wolverine could open a pretty serious can of whoop ass inside a van...
awww, what a cute cuddly puppy!
Would make a great stole or muff.
Anyone who’s ever been to Newark knows how much he wanted to get out.
Yes, they’ve always hated the Wolverines.
CC
/johnny
A not to be messed with critter when encountered in the wild or elsewhere.
Probably an animal exchange program swap going on here.
No one wants Musk ox much these days.
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