Man strangles rabid coyote to death after it attacks his son

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From https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/us/nh-coyote-attacks-trnd/index.html

Man strangles rabid coyote to death after it attacks his son

By Alec Snyder, CNN
Updated 6:52 PM ET, Tue January 21, 2020

(CNN) A New Hampshire man killed a coyote with his bare hands Monday after it grabbed his 2-year-old son by his jacket hood and dragged him to the ground.

Ian O'Reilly told CNN he had "never harmed an animal so it was a weird experience." After the coyote bit him twice while he tried fending it off, O'Reilly kicked it away and used his body weight to suffocate it while holding its snout shut, he said in an emailed statement.

The coyote has since tested positive for rabies, the New Hampshire Fish and Game said Tuesday, and authorities believe more animals in the Exeter area could have the virus.
"Based on all the evidence we have collected and in talking with several people who recently reported seeing coyotes acting erratically, we don't believe this is the only coyote in the Exeter area that may have rabies," said Col. Kevin Jordan, chief of the Fish and Game law enforcement division.

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