Posted on 02/16/2024 12:05:53 AM PST by nickcarraway
The animal will also be tested for rabies after the incidents at an Arlington park.
A coyote that Texas officials think bit three children at a park is set to be "humanely euthanized," leaders in Arlington said Thursday.
Arlington Animal Services captured the coyote Thursday morning after the bites at Parkway Central Park in north Arlington, a city between Dallas and Fort Worth.
The animal will be tested for rabies at the Texas Health and Human Services in Austin, the city said on X.
An animal control officer and a police officer were at the park because of “aggressive coyote activity at the park” when they captured the animal, according to the city.
The officers said they saw the coyote on a road near the park before it charged at them, the city said in a statement.
“This animal was completely unusual because … it started walking toward me. I’ve never seen a coyote do that,” Arlington Police Sgt. Eric Belisle told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. Typically, coyotes “spot you and they get out of the area quickly. This animal was completely different.”
The park will remain closed until further notice, the city said, adding that it will partner with the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Wildlife Services "to evaluate and determine next steps."
The three children were bitten from Saturday to Tuesday at the park on the playground or in the parking lot, the city said in a release Wednesday. All were treated and released from the hospital.
They will also get post-exposure rabies treatment, the city said.
After the first child was bitten Saturday, Arlington Animal Services set a trap and began to search for the animal, according to the city.
The city decided to close the park Tuesday, prompting animal services to set more traps and enact patrols after news that a second child had been bitten came to light, the city said.
Later, the city learned that the third child was bitten Monday, the release said.
Rabid.
I have a coyote engine in my cord. Will it bite me?
Was out with the hounds the last couple of days.
We just shot and killed the coyotes they were running.
Around they get shot, too.
I kinda remember reading that rabies treatment is no longer quite very painful. Is this true?
Absolutely true. Long story, not interesting enough to tell. 15 years ago. I’m a big tall guy )not fat, thank you!) it goes by weight and, if memory serves, it was about 12regular shots over three visits over about a week
I always “humanely euthanized” them with my 25.06 when they get around my cattle or chicken pens.
sorry,
did you mean to express that the treatment was or is now not very painful?
Sorry I could have been more clear. I understand that in the old days it was some huge needle, injected in the abdomen. Now it’s just a bunch of regular needle shots in the arms. Numerous, but no more painful than a regular shot
Yeah. I think we IDed some incompetent coppers here. A coyote walking towards me is gonna get shot at 20 yards, minimum. Unless it is wearing a collar, it is an unwelcome predator.
Kill it.
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