PHOTO: Young Coyote in the Arnold Arboretum
A runner captured this photo of what is, according to a park ranger, a juvenile coyote in need of learning to be afraid of people.
There's a young coyote living in the Arnold Arboretum. The park ranger encourages residents who encounter the coyote to run at him, to help the animal learn to be afraid of people. That training will come in handy when the coyote is older and could eventually cause problems with people and children. That's according to John, a friend of JP Patch who didn't want his last name used. John was running in the Arboretum late Friday afternoon when he saw this coyote, took the attached photo and discussed the encounter with a park ranger. John took the ranger's advice and did run at the little coyote, scaring him off. Coyotes are a protected species in Massachusetts except during a five-month hunting and one-month trapping period each year, …
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