Central Park coyote dies during tagging

[warrior1]

Poor little fella.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/31/hal.coyote.ap/index.html

ALBANY, New York (AP) -- Hal, the coyote who paid a visit to New York City and was captured as he loped around Central Park, died as he was being tagged for release in the wild, a state official said Friday.

The coyote stopped breathing Thursday night during the routine tagging procedure and biologists could not revive him, said Gabrielle DeMarco, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Pathologists were trying to determine whether the stress of his capture or captivity or something else contributed to the death of the year-old, 35-pound coyote.

[Gman]

1. Probably the stress

Coyotes are extremely afraid of humans. It was just too much for him.

[im10ashus]

2. OH NO!!!

That's so sad. Poor guy. :cry:

I am half a block from the park. I wished I had seen him.

[warrior1]

3. Not blaming the folks helping out

It was very stressful for him as you said.

Peace

[DawgHouse]

4. Yes, probably the stress.

This story makes me feel bad :( Poor thing.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. ACME tagging devices? -nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Yep. They shouldn't have used the rocket-propelled anvil-based tagger.

[benburch]

8. I just sprayed coffee.

Good thing this tube needed cleaning anyway.

[Inland]

9. Took me a second. nt

[0007]

6. I love the coyote because of it's will to survive. They won't fall prey

the second time around when trying to exterminate or to capture them.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. The coyote was clearly ferral and died as a result of the stress of its

capitivity. Adaptation is not guaranteed and/or automatic.

[acmejack]

11. There is a great story in Salon today about this

Worth expending a day pass on!

The wily coyotes of New York
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April 1, 2006 | NEW YORK -- Last night the coyotes called by the covered bridge ... 'We are here,' they say; 'we'll eat your apples, your voles, your cats, the afterbirth of your calves; we're here, we set your dogs to barking, we intend to multiply.' The coyote: evolving, getting better all the time, under heavy pressure. -- Robert Michael Pyle, "Wintergreen: Listening to the Land's Heart"

American Indians referred to the coyote as Trickster: the sneak, the fooler of fools. This explains events in Manhattan last week when a coyote from the city's northern greenswards led cops, photographers, reporters, tourists and helicopters on a two-day chase across Central Park before finally succumbing to a tranquilizer dart.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/01/coyotes/index.html?source=newsletter

[Number9Dream]

12. Any theories how he got into NYC?

Has anybody out there heard any theories how he found his way into Manhattan? Could someone have let him loose in Central Park? Was he a wild coyote?

[Jade Fox]

14. The Salon article says it was not the first coyote found in NYC...

I think the theory is they make their way over from Jersey, where coyotes are not uncommon.

[hlthe2b]

13. This happens so often because they give wildlife authorties

potent tranquilizing drugs but have no trained veterinarians available to step in if complications exist. Veterinarians, like physicians have 8-12 years of training to properly administer potent tranquilizers and other anesthetic drugs and to understand the means of monitoring and providing respiratory support as needed. Fine for those who say it is just an animal and those protections are not 'feasible.' Perhaps someone will be there to say that when some power hungry cop tazers you or shoots you with sedation with no more medical training than your plumber.


It pisses me off because it happens frequently. The animal didn't die in the process of being captured. It died later when they sedated him for tagging--something they COULD have done under proper veterinary supervision.