Westchester Coyote Was Rabid

Westchester County health officials confirmed that the "mangy" coyote who attacked a teenager and toddler in Rye Brook had rabies. After the attacks, a trapper following the coyote saw her eat her own pup's head and then a police officer killed the animal after it lunged at him. The grandfather of the 2-year-old girl who suffered scratches (and her father, who protected her, were treated for rabies) told the Journal News, "It's scary to know that this sick animal was roaming around the village. It's a good thing to know the animal was ultimately caught. Hopefully there aren't too many other rabid animals around, but you never know."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 9, 2010 10:02 AM

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your mom's

coyote = terrorist

tom9d

Support the rabid.

Mordicai

Nice work, officer. Too often people rag on the bad stuff cops do, without acknowledging the good stuff. Killing a rabid animal is unequivocally the Right Thing. Bravo. Of course, calling it "the village" makes it seem like this was some Transylvanian nightmare werewolf attack...

Guest

Or a horrible M. Night Shamalamadingdong movie.

Mordicai

Oh haha, I see what you did there, his name isn't European! Hahah, foreigners (aka any brown person regardless of citizenship) sure are funny, huh?

Guest

Actually, I call him that because I think his movies have turned into crap. The first couple were good and now they're all just for dingdongs.

Brown people, black people, yellow people, red people, orange people, and striped & spotted people are all hilariously funny to me. On the other hand, white people aren't funny at all, they're just boring.