A Coyote Walks into Harlem ...

Coyotes are now so ubiquitous on the American landscape that they just rounded up a Coyote in Harlem.

This is the third Coyote captured in Manhattan in the last 10 years.

After being spotted and recognized as a Coyote, local wildlife officials caught up with this female, which was tranquilized inside Trinity Cemetery on 155th street and Broadway. It was then taken to the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, and it should be released outside the City in a day or two. Coyotes have also been spotted and caught in the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.

Urban coyotes are quite common in some parts of the West (such as Los Angeles), where desert scrub may flow freely into suburban backyards, but they can also be found in many Midwestern and Eastern cities as well. Washington, D.C., for example, has coyotes residing in Rock Creek Park, while Cook County, Illinois has an Urban Coyote Project to study animals living in Chicago and its suburbs..
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