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David In Indy:
Coyote a cool customer at Chicago sandwich shop


CHICAGO, Illinois (AP)

For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe. It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food.


A coyote looks around in a cooler at a
Quizno's Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois,
on Tuesday. The animal lay down in a
cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.


Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago Quiznos sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.

"It wasn't aggressive at all," restaurant manager Bina Patel told the Chicago Tribune. "It was just looking around."

Employees and customers calmly cleared out of the restaurant, though some took the time to finish their sandwiches and snap some cell-phone photos, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Animal control officers took the passive coyote away after about 40 minutes, after a curious crowd had gathered outside.

"This one definitely I will definitely remember forever. A coyote in downtown Chicago," Quiznos employee Rick Torres told WLS-TV.

The city captures 10 to 15 coyotes every year, especially in the spring when they are most active, said Anne Kent, director of Chicago Animal Care and Control. Veterinarians will examine the coyote and, if he is not injured, release him into the wild.



Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Ellemeno:
Wow.

Fran:
Here's a link to another story on the coyote, which includes a video showing it being taken away by Animal Control:

Wily Coyote Wanders Into Loop Sandwich Shop

Phillip Dampier:
Then there is the kinkajou (sp?) that escaped from the zoo, boarded a bus, rode around with the driver for an hour, and then bit a woman on the face after she decided she could hold it.  And he/she didn't even pay!

LauraGigs:
I loved that story!!!  When it broke and I saw a picture like on the OP, I was like, "Aawwwwwww".  Seriously — there's something about the haplessness of the animal that's kind of comical.  He has this expression like, "Here I am . . . WTF do I do now??"

I come from a family of dog owners & we've had several German shepherds (like Jake, heehee).  So you're inclined to have a weakness for canines of all stripes, even the potentially dangerous ones.

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