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New Canaan Police Report Close Encounter Between Dog, Coyote

Tom Renner
New Canaan police warned residents to keep a close eye on their dogs and other pets after a close encounter between a dog and coyote on Tuesday.
New Canaan police warned residents to keep a close eye on their dogs and other pets after a close encounter between a dog and coyote on Tuesday. Photo Credit: Wikipedia.org

NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski warned dog owners to closely supervise their pets after an encounter between a pet dog and a coyote on Tuesday, according to a report in the New Canaan Advertiser.

Krolikowski said the encounter occurred around 6:45 a.m. on Autumn Lane between a medium-sized dog and the coyote. The dog's owner frightened the coyote by screaming and charging toward it, Animal Control Officer Allyson Halm told the paper.

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