Posted on 01/15/2025 11:55:59 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A confused coyote was removed from a grocery store's refrigerated shelf Monday morning.
The incident occurred at a Chicago-area Aldi store, where the animal apparently sought refuge in the store's produce aisle.
"It picked an odd location. They do this sometimes. They make a mistake," Cook County Coyote Project's Stan Gehrt told ABC7 Chicago. "They're trying to avoid us. They're trying to hide from us."
He added that the animals that typically find themselves in this situation are the ones that haven't yet settled down with a mate.
The coyote was removed from the store without injury.
A video posted to social media shows a police officer using the back end of a broom to prod the coyote before pulling it out by the tail.
The post accumulated nearly 8 million views and over 1,000 comments.
On the other hand:
4.5 million Americans bitten by dogs every year. About 800,000 people require medical attention. Maybe 30 serious coyote attacks on humans per year in u.s....
FYI
Freegards
Some years back a friend who lives out in the country was working in the front of his property came into his house to find a female deer standing in his family room. She had nosed open the unlocked back door and wandered in. Of course she freaked out when he came into the room and destroyed several pieces of furniture including the TV (not wall mounted) before she found her way back out the door where she had entered.
The insurance adjusters nearly denied his claim implying that he did the damage in a drunken rage. His insurance salesman (a close friend) saved the day by pointing out several places where the deer had left skin and fur in her panic.
So
FYI.
So, cruising for chicks at the grocery store?
That animal obviously is too habituated and has lost its fear of man. It never should have been released alive.
Maggots with fur.
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