https://freerepublic.com/tag/billmerkle/ en-us Thu, 7 May 2026 02:06:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4378042/posts The National Park Service revealed the coyote is from Angel IslandThe origins of a coyote that drew international headlines after it was spotted swimming ashore to San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island have been revealed. Initially thought to have made the mile-and-a-quarter journey from San Francisco, which faces the southern edge of Alcatraz, the animal turned out to have made a much longer 2-mile swim from Angel Island State Park, according to new DNA evidence collected by National Park Service ecologists. The coyote’s whereabouts still remain unknown. “We are surprised by the coyote’s origin,” Park Service wildlife ecologist Bill Merkle said in... SFGate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4378042/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2026 02:06:28 GMT