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Jul 10, 2008 12:11 am US/Eastern

COYOTE CUTIE: Little Guy Runs Amok In Bronx

Plays Hard To Get With Animal Control Officers For Hours

Reporting
Dave Carlin

RIVERDALE, N.Y. (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: A 6-month-old male coyote spent most of July 9 playing catch me if you can with animal control officers in the Bronx before finally being subdued.
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An adventurous young coyote roamed a residential neighborhood in the Bronx for several hours Wednesday before being cornered and captured.

CBS 2 HD was there when Animal Care and Control Officers caught the wild animal outside a home on Post Road in the Riverdale section of the borough.

Residents were surprised to see the coyote, estimated to be no older than 6 months. The chase began at 10 a.m. when the coyote was spotted on the grounds of the Horace Mann School. It fled to a residential area about three blocks away where it darted from driveway to driveway, including one owned by Taeoak Cha.

"It might be dangerous," Cha said. "My question is how it came here?"

The lucky break for Nelson Guzman of Animal Care and Control came when the animal rested behind some trash cans. The fact the coyote is a baby made his job easier.

"I think he somehow got away from his mom," Guzman said. "He's not yet ready to hunt on his own. If it was a full-sized coyote I would not be able to get within 20 feet of him. My best guess is they come from Van Cortlandt Park and Westchester."

The plan is to return the coyote to the wilderness upstate.

Sightings of wily Coyotes are rare in the city but not unheard of. In March 2006 a coyote was captured in Central Park.

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