As if Chicago didn't have enough problems

[Stevicus]

2 coyote attacks reported in Chicago; officials urge residents, 'Do not interact'

Now, they've got coyote attacks.

In the wake of two reported coyote attacks in Chicago, city officials are urging caution and saying these incidents are extremely rare.

A 6-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after he was bitten multiple times by a coyote, according to Chicago police.


The boy was with a caretaker on a walking path in the Lincoln Park neighborhood at the time of the attack, Kelley Gandurski, executive director of Chicago Animal Care and Control, said at a news conference Thursday.

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The coyote fled, police said, and the boy was taken to a children's hospital in stable condition.

Subsequent sightings of a coyote in ACME rocket skates and another which was crushed by an ACME catapult were unconfirmed.

The ACME Corporation had no comment.

 

[McBell]

 

[Subduction Zone]

I did not see anything, but odds are both victims will have to undergo rabies shots. Expensive and painful from what I understand.

 

[Quagmire]

Was wondering if this kind of thing was getting more prevalent. apparently it is.

Carnivore attacks are increasing, and we're partly to blame - Conservation

 

[Valjean]

Carnivores are necessary for a healthy ecosystem. A healthy ecosystem is necessary for the welfare of all species, including ourselves.

 

[Stevicus]

Was wondering if this kind of thing was getting more prevalent. apparently it is.

Carnivore attacks are increasing, and we're partly to blame - Conservation

I sometimes see a coyote occasionally, although most of the time, all I have to do is stare at it, and it will retreat.

Although there was another time where I saw someone in a parking lot feeding coyotes. That's rather dangerous.

 

[BSM1]

Carnivores are necessary for a healthy ecosystem. A healthy ecosystem is necessary for the welfare of all species, including ourselves.

So it's okay to let coyotes attack us in our streets?

 

[Revoltingest]

Carnivores are necessary for a healthy ecosystem.

You would say that.
I'll be you also advise putting all leftovers in tippy garbage cans with loose lids.

 

[Valjean]

So it's okay to let coyotes attack us in our streets?

My neighborhood's full of coyotes, but they've never bothered me. I worry more about people.

 

[Revoltingest]

My neighborhood's full of coyotes, but they've never bothered me. I worry more about people.

Speaking of wildlife....
I haven't see our racoons lately.
I'm still putting lots'o good garbage out in the compost bin & yard.
Was it something I said?

 

[Valjean]

It was that leftover haggis. Four of my cousins got ptomaine poisoning. Word got around...

 

[Revoltingest]

It was that leftover haggis. Four of my cousins got ptomaine poisoning. Word got around...

Huh....that explains some cries I occasionally hear in the nite....
"Ptomaine domain!"

 

[BSM1]

My neighborhood's full of coyotes, but they've never bothered me. I worry more about people.

Sooo...you saying we can shoot people if we view them as potential threats to us?

 

[Valjean]

Sooo...you saying we can shoot people if we view them as potential threats to us?

Well, you certainly can in Florida, probably Texas, too.

 

[BSM1]

Well, you certainly can in Florida, probably Texas, too.

Thank God....

 

[Quagmire]

So it's okay to let coyotes attack us in our streets?

Should probably bare in mind that our streets are paved over their land.

 

[BSM1]

Should probably bare in mind that our streets are paved over their land.

Not their land...we stole it fair and square. Deal with it....

 

[Revoltingest]

Should probably bare bear in mind that our streets are paved over their land.

And I'm ready to share land with them.
(Hoping it'll keep the deer population checked.)

 

[Quagmire]

Not their land...we stole it fair and square. Deal with it....

*sending my secret army of rabid commando coyotes to BSM1's house*

Anyway, it's still their land. They're just letting us use it until we burn ourselves out.

And they're only doing that because they like our leftovers.

 

[BSM1]

*sending my secret army of rabid commando coyotes to BSM1's house*

Anyway, it's still their land. They're just letting us use it until we burn ourselves out.

And they're only doing that because they like our leftovers.

*just doubled my Acme stock*