The wrong coyote, sir.
Police and experts say one of the two coyotes seen canoeing in Central Park could have been a wild dog caught on Tuesday morning, Tuesday morning.
The Coyotes stepped into the Sterling parking lot on East 80th Avenue just before 9:20am, off the Second Avenue, officers and a parking adjunct confirmed.
Video showed officers Enclose the animal in a cage and throw it behind the police car.
It is not yet clear where the coyotes have ended. The NYPD said it was released at the wetlands in Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, and the Environmental Protection Agency claims the animals were transferred to a Westchester rehabilitation center for an assessment.
Neither agency was able to explain the extreme contradiction.
There were no injuries in the confusing incident.
If the Coyotes were one of the blushing brush dogs that have been frolicking around Central Park for the past few months, that's not yet a mystery, but Chris Nuggy, co-founder of the Gotham Coyote Project, estimates it's a “50/50 chance.”
The male and female couple caught the city's attention in the summer after finding love in a concrete jungle.
“They certainly leave to raise and fetch the park, but they know what the rules are and should return to the vegetation by dawn. But anything is possible,” Nagy speculated.
The coyote in custody could also be a “random wanderer” walking down a bridge from the Bronx.
There are around 20 coyotes in five boroughs, and species considered native to New York rarely pose a threat to humans.
Young coyotes usually leave their family groups in the spring to find their territory. The captured coyote may have been looking for a place to settle when the sun was rising and stuck in the morning rush.
“They don't have a map. They don't have a phone that tells them where they're going. So they'll just follow their noses, follow their instincts, and wander. Then they find themselves in New York, and it's 9am, the city wakes up around them and they're like, 'What did I do?',” he continued.
If it turns out to be half of a Lovebird, Nagle expressed concern to his lost counterpart.
Coyotes are monogamous and usually mate for life.
“They are definitely pairs, so I imagine there's some kind of pain involved.”
