Police recover loose coyote in Gross Pointe Woods

Coyote has been recovered

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GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. – Grosse Pointe Woods police was in active pursuit of a large coyote at large in the city. The coyote has since been recovered.

According to the city, the coyote had been tranquilized and was still at large.

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Coyotes are found throughout Michigan and have dispersed into southern Michigan without assistance from the DNR.

Coyotes are found in rural to urban areas and are quite common but extremely good at remaining unnoticed by humans, even while living in close proximity. Their presence in subdivisions and urban or suburban areas, while surprising to many folks, is a result of increasing populations (both coyote and human) and encroachment of human environments into their natural habitat (from development of rural areas).

Coyotes rarely attack humans. Bites from snakes, rodents, and domestic dogs are a far greater possibility than coyote bites, according to public health authorities.


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