Posted on 04/20/2015 2:54:17 PM PDT by FreeReign
NORWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A coyote attack in Norwood, N.J. has residents on edge.
Stephen Sinisi said he was walking his dog, Raleigh, near the woods on McClellan Street and D’Ercole Court after 9 p.m. Sunday when he saw what he thought was a stray dog approaching.
“I was walking back and what looked like a dog approaching me,” Sinisi told CBS2’s Meg Baker. “Then we got closer I was like, ‘No, this is not a stray dog,’” he told 1010 WINS’ Rebecca Granet. Sinisi was attacked as he tried to get his dog back into the house.
Would’ve been handy to have had a pistol to protect himself but no, this is New Jersey where common sense and the Constitution dare not tread.
I always pack while walking my dog, and just about anything else.
Seems like the coyote picked a good place to live huh? Don’t have to worry too much about those pesky darn guns. Even sadder is the history of the w’hole’ area and this countries battle for freedom and independence.
His dog didn’t warn and protect him?
Ditto!
I was in a health center last summer, and a man comes running into the building asking for help- then explained that his wife and he had been bitten by a rabid fox repeatedly- the woman came in with shorts and you could see the bite marks all over her legs, and on her hands- The fella had bites on his arms- The woman had to grab the fox around the neck to keep it from biting further, and was finally able to strangle the creature- the man put the fox in his back seat of his car to have it tested-
It was surreal to witness, and must have been quite shocking for them to have gone through all that
[[His dog didn’t warn and protect him?]]
Probably a collaborator
One night about 14 years ago I took my female greyhound out at 3 or 4 A.M. This was at our old house, which was on a hill on a corner lot. I had her on a flexi-leash, so I was up the slope from the street, and she was at the edge of the lawn. I heard a sound, which within a few seconds was clearly the clicking of a canine’s nails, and realized that it was unlikely that it was a dog. It was moving quickly, so I called my dog and pulled her leash. As she came up into the yard, I saw that the sound was indeed that made by a coyote. It was frightening.
Recently in this area there was an attack by a rabid fox.
Bet he had a small dog. Coyotes have been known to grab small dogs, even with the owner standing right there.
There are coyote/coydogs in my area. Sometimes they are in my yard at night. I have two blocks of wood handy and clap them. This noise scares away the coys.
Last year I opened my back door to let my dog out at night. Thank God my dog was old and slow at the time and didn’t get a chance to go outside. The instant I opened the door, the coys started barking. I quickly stepped inside and closed the door. They went silent. As a test, I reopened the door and they started barking again. Scared me. What puzzled me was that they were noisy. They bark when they already have caught their prey and fight over it. Now I don’t go outside at night.
He needs to get a bigger dog.
I hope he had a concealed carry firearm to kill the coyote to send it to be checked
Wile E. Coyote
I was wrong, it was a 100 lb German Shepherd. In that case, I think he screwed up by running and triggering the predatory response.
Treatment after exposure can prevent the disease if administered promptly, generally within 10 days of infection.[18] Thoroughly washing the wound as soon as possible with soap and water for approximately five minutes is effective in reducing the number of viral particles.[57] Povidone iodine or alcohol is then recommended to reduce the virus further.[58]
In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people receive one dose of human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) and four doses of rabies vaccine over a 14-day period.[59] The immunoglobulin dose should not exceed 20 units per kilogram body weight. HRIG is expensive and constitutes most of the cost of postexposure treatment, ranging as high as several thousand dollars. As much as possible of this dose should be injected around the bites, with the remainder being given by deep intramuscular injection at a site distant from the vaccination site.[20]
The first dose of rabies vaccine is given as soon as possible after exposure, with additional doses on days three, seven and 14 after the first. Patients who have previously received pre-exposure vaccination do not receive the immunoglobulin, only the postexposure vaccinations on days 0 and 2.
The pain and side effects of modern cell-based vaccines are similar to flu shots. The old nerve-tissue-based vaccinations that require multiple painful injections into the abdomen with a large needle are inexpensive, but are being phased out and replaced by affordable World Health Organization intradermal-vaccination regimens.[45]
Intramuscular vaccination should be given into the deltoid, not gluteal area, which has been associated with vaccination failure due to injection into fat rather than muscle. In infants, the lateral thigh is recommended.[60]
Source: Wikipedia
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