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Friday, November 30, 2012

Coyote Spotted Thursday in Waiola Park: Where Have You Seen Them?

Patch put together a map of recent coyote sightings in La Grange and La Grange Park. Tell us where you've seen them recently, and we'll add the spot to the list.

Have you seen any coyotes lurking around town recently?  Patch reader Sara Hunt Edwards reported on our Facebook page that she saw a coyote Thursday morning in Waiola Park. And she's not the only person to report a sighting in recent weeks. Now, we're not telling you this to scare you. In fact, according to the Cook County Coyote Project, there hasn't been a documented case of a coyote attacking a human in Illinois since at least 1985—the beginning range of the study. On top of that, there have only been two cases of coyotes killing a human in the U.S. and Canada in modern history. That said, residents are reporting interactions with local coyotes and we want to keep those numbers from getting any higher. Coyotes typically come out at …

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Darren McRoy

9:25 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

Who would throw rocks at a fox? That's just evil.   more ›

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