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Mystery Animal Rescued by Woman Baffles Wildlife Experts Prompting Plans for DNA Testing
Mirror (U.K.) ^ | 25 Jan 2022 | Monica Charsley

Posted on 01/25/2022 10:18:17 PM PST by nickcarraway

Christina Eyth thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery creature she could not identify, lurking on the left-hand side of her front door.

An unidentified animal rescued by a woman who found it “scared and shivering” near her home has baffled wildlife experts, who can’t decide what it is.

Christina Eyth headed out to investigate around her house after discovering paw prints outside of her door earlier this week.

The woman from Pennsylvania in the US, thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery creature she could not identify, lurking on the left-hand side of her front door.

“It was so scared and cold and shivering," she said.

“All I could think about was ‘this animal needed help’.

According to WJAC TV reports, Ms Eyth says she gently led the animal into her basement and phoned TJ’s Rescue Hideaway, who helped transport the animal to Wildlife Works.

Morgan Barron, who works for the conservation company, said she couldn’t “definitively say what it is” - despite her training.

"To err on the side of caution… and since it might be a coyote, we can keep it here, get genetic testing done and go from there,” she said.

“Behaviour-wise, he's very timid, very scared and not aggressive at all which makes me lean toward dog," she added.

Wildlife officials have confirmed the animal is being treated for mange and is being kept in isolation.

They are expecting the results from genetic testing to arrive in between two to four weeks.

Closer to home, a mystery animal corpse that washed up on a Devon beach back in 2019 left locals perplexed.

The strange-looking dead animal was barely recognisable, but for what appears to be the remnants of

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: coyote; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; dog; helixmakemineadouble; werewolvesoflondon; wildlife
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To: nickcarraway

STUPID picture.


21 posted on 01/26/2022 2:24:07 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nickcarraway

Based on the appearance of mange and evidence of attempt at changing its spots, I’m guessing it’s a Democrat.


22 posted on 01/26/2022 2:24:10 AM PST by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: rhinohunter

It’s a baby chupacabra, probably just a year old.
They better put it into a stronger cage before it molts.


23 posted on 01/26/2022 3:01:33 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: nickcarraway
Severe mange after some slimeball abandoned him in the country. A wild animal would not so near a human house like this.

We see a lot of mangy malnourished dogs that look like that abandoned here in the Philippines. But because of the risk of rabies there isn't much you can do for them.

24 posted on 01/26/2022 3:07:52 AM PST by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: radu

Yup, looks like a coyote hybrid. Genetic testing won’t mean all that much and the animal will be euthanized.

Most of what people call Eastern Coyotes are hybrids of coyote, wolf, and domestic dogs. And they can range in collars from what is pictured here to the very dark wolf colors. I had two in the backyard the other night. First one that came up to the feeder scared the heck out of me, I thought it was an actual wolf. The second one was smaller and much more coyote looking. Got a picture of the second one, but was too startled to get the first. Both reported to authorities as they were not fearful.

Why the eastern coyote should be a separate species: the ‘coywolf’ https://theconversation.com/why-the-eastern-coyote-should-be-a-separate-species-the-coywolf-59214

Coyotes on the western side of the Mississippi are more pure and smaller.


25 posted on 01/26/2022 3:27:11 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: radu

Coy-dog or Coy-wolf, but you are most likely correct.

We have them hear too. Snapped a pic of one last week and posted it on my photography state FBpage. People responded were shocked at the size.

I have been here 20 years and these hybrids are moving in the direction of larger and less fearful. Local authorities are trying to downplay such a large predator in our city-park system, but people are uncomfortable.

We’re moving into breeding season for them, so they will be on the move. Plus weather has been harsh the last several weeks so they are scavenging too.


26 posted on 01/26/2022 3:39:35 AM PST by EBH (Hold My Beer. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: nickcarraway

Peruvian or Mexican (Xoloitzcuintli) hairless dog hybrid.


27 posted on 01/26/2022 3:49:28 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Bob434

Yep mangy coyote should have been shot the second she found it.


28 posted on 01/26/2022 5:09:46 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: nickcarraway

A dog with a bad case of mange can look like just about anything.
Same goes for a coyote.
A young sick coyote is likely to be as docile as a dog.
The photo at the link — looks like a coyote.
We’re having a cold winter in PA.
At least it didn’t fall off a truck...


29 posted on 01/26/2022 6:01:06 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: 21twelve

It’s The Famous, Legendary, Not-So-Elusive, Boca Raton Cougar! :-)


31 posted on 01/26/2022 7:00:52 AM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: nickcarraway

Coyote or more likely an abandoned dog with mange.


32 posted on 01/26/2022 7:08:18 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK IN FACEBOOK JAIL, Another 30 days. On GAB now. Some real cranks there!)
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To: radu

So far I have killed the ambitious strain of coyote around here. I stay alert as possible though. We are not that remote on the south but the north is miles of empty and they come from there.

My very smart cats tuck in when the lights in the house go out or before and some stay until I wake them for breakfast. I have never known cats to go to bed at night like these do. They know the risks, I’m pretty sure. I hope they do.

Our resident population of geese on the pond out back are good alarms as well and I encourage their presence.

My wife is generous with the two that live in the house but that is the limit. The others are visitors.


33 posted on 01/26/2022 9:19:57 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
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To: nickcarraway

Loch Ness Monster


34 posted on 01/26/2022 10:20:33 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Jonty30

“It could be a bat-dog hybrid.”

Great, it can give you Covid and rabies.


35 posted on 01/26/2022 10:34:45 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: left that other site

I thought of it being a cougar, but not sure folks would have gotten it. Your addition of Boca Raton was a good one! (I wonder - does wearing a leopard print skirt signal that they are “on the prowl”?)


36 posted on 01/26/2022 3:06:09 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

But how does it taste ?

That’s southern cryptozoology.


37 posted on 01/26/2022 4:21:50 PM PST by Celerity
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To: 21twelve

yes...although it’s usually a leopard-print low-cut polyester bloyse!


38 posted on 01/26/2022 5:19:16 PM PST by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: nickcarraway; Red Badger; BenLurkin
Ya better stay away from him, he'll rip your lungs out, Jim.
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39 posted on 01/31/2022 11:47:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Great. Now I got that song stuck in my head.


40 posted on 01/31/2022 12:07:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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