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Did Massport orphan coyote pups today?
By adamg on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 9:22pm
Jimbo points us to this photo by George Cumming of what might be the dead Logan coyote - who seemed to be lactating a week ago, which means there are now some orphan coyote babies in Belle Isle Marsh.
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Harsh
I bet the people involved in the corralling attempt already felt bad, even though the death was an accident.
This was no accident
For what it's worth, and I am not an animal rights freak, the coyote WAS deliberately run over. I was a witness...That's all I will say...and , as far as I know, the Herald photographer that I was standing near also saw it.
Another anonymous accusation
Not to be rude, and this is an honest question: what's your rationale for thinking this?
The comments on one of the stories are full of various people claiming confidently that the running-over (or, in one version, shooting) was intentional, without explanation. Why should we believe another person making this claim, especially when they choose to do so anonymously, and who also doesn't provide info that could be used to investigate?
Also, if the Herald photog actually believed that the running-over was intentional, do you think they're following up? The particular photog whose shots they did use, if that's the one you mean, is capable of pursuing that story in the moment.
Choice: Orphan Coyotes or Ophan Children
Come on, people, don't be daft. I am presuming Adam posted this to point out the absurdity of this, but just in case, I offer the following.
Fairly large mammals and jet engines don't mix. A reasonable effort was made to catch the animal. The animal control officers at the airport could have (and perhaps should have) shot it on sight. If the coyote had been injested into a jet engine and caused an accident (um, hello, can anyone remember what happened in New York a few months ago?), you would likely have had some orphaned children. As between the two, I'll take the orphan coyotes, particularly since people in East Boston, Revere and Winthrop will be complaining about them when they grow up anyway.
Are you responding to the comments?
I was operating on the assumption that the killing was accidental, as claimed.
If someone came out and said, "We decided to kill it, because...," that's a different matter.
I hope it was an accident!
Because if you need to kill a coyote on purpose, there surely must be a more humane way to do it than running it over with a vehicle.
The facts suggest an accident
I was responding to the provocative title of the original post. The fact that there were a bunch of people involved in trying to catch the animal suggests that they were trying to capture it alive and remove it from the airfield. As I said, if the first option was to kill it, one of the animal control officers could have shot it immediately.
Animal control?
Don't these guys carry tranqs? Sure, you try and net/collar him and he runs off before you can round him up, but why not just traquilize it and slide it into a box and release it in NH or something? I don't understand why it was still capable of moving in front of a vehicle to be hit in the first place.
Now, if it *was* tranq'd and they hit it anyways...we got a real problem...