here is a copy of the police report...
HERE IS VERBATIM FROM REPORT( names ommitted)
3-5-08
On the above date and time WD police recieved a phone call into the station, and was dispatched by secretary ****** that a coyote was in the area of stonecrest and appeared to be injured. Upon arrival i observed a green van sitting in northern entrance to stonecrest plan. I observed that the complainant was ruth *******. She pointed up the street and pointed animal out. The animal did appear to be a wild coyote and had no collar. Animal was mangy looking and limping. I was able to approach animal closer in my vehicle at which time i observed the animal had yellow eyes and a bushy tail. I was able to get the animal to move out of plan w/ my vehicle and pushed animal into field area next to glassmere. At this time i exited car and grabbed shotgun from vehicle. The coyote then walked around the rear parking lot at which time one of the mechanics scott***** was exiting garage and saw animal. He said"damn thats a big coyote" and as it approached him he threw a wrench towards it. The coyote then moved back over to field next to gas station. Once the animal was in a safe area for me to shoot, i killed animal w/ 2 shots of slug. Animal removed from scene.
the remainder of the report is about her calling the station and asking about a dog shot, confirming and picking up the dead dog....
what is questionable is that no where does it say he tried to call to the dog to see if it was tamed and could respond to a human. no where does it say the dog came across as threatening, rabid, growling, or anything to indicate it was a danger to anyone.
mechanic at gas station talked to owner of the dog and confirmed dog showed no signs of being injured, and that he wasnt afraid of the dog but threw the wrench to keep it from going towards the road....
the dog would have made a world record for a coyote(75-80lbs) not to mention looked more like a wolf. Coyotes have a fox-like body and are very scraggily... it is a real sad story and i feel for her, dog was 6 years old and was an outside dog and happened to slip her collar this day. Dog made the paper a few years ago for saving a family across the street when the house was on fire by barking and howling until her owners came out and went and woke the ppl up....
an even more disturbing part of the story is that the police called a local garage and were parading the so called COYOTE around for everyone to take pictures of and gawk at... THE DOG CATCHER HAS Wednsdays off so no animal people were even called... more to come as she pursues the matter
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Originally Posted by Troll
I agree man!
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