Erie County, NY – A coyote who was stranded on a log near the US Coast Guard’s Fuhrmann Blvd. station received a helping hand from the Erie County SPCA’s Wildlife Department.
According to the SPCA Serving Erie County, the Department of Environmental Conservation called about a stranded coyote seen swimming, then stranded and shivering on a log. After the call came in, PCA Chief Lindsey Wood and Officer Melina Homsi, along with Agents Molly McLaughlin and Meghan Giles, headed out to the docks with the appropriate level of rescue equipment and determination necessary to get the job done.
When the team arrived they could see that the coyote was soaked, and exhausted. The agency writes:
US Coast Guard Metalsmith Petty Officer 1st Class Taylor Foran told Wood via text that the coyote was in the water and/or stranded at least three hours, probably longer, and said the coyote was violently shivering and was so exhausted from swimming when first seen that she couldn’t lift her head.
Wood, assisted by Homsi, Giles, and McLaughlin, was able to snare the coyote and pull her up to safety. The coyote was immediately transported to the SPCA’s West Seneca location where she was examined and cared for overnight.
After being warmed up, the coyote was released. The agency said:
On December 23, as shown in the video below, officers released the now warm and fed coyote to a safe, wooded area at Wilkeson Pointe not far from where she was located!
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Sometimes people are kind and honorable when it comes to animals. Too bad they’re so inconsistent, and are heartless so much of the time. I sure wish coyotes had never seen our loved ones as food, but of course this one needed rescuing and release back to freedom. It’s too bad anyone eats anyone else in this world…if only things were vastly different. We humans can stop using/killing/eating others though, to make the world (and our health) better.