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Woman, Dog Injured In Separate Coyote Attacks, Ramapo Reservation Closed Woman, Dog Injured In Separate Coyote Attacks, Ramapo Reservation Closed
Woman, Dog Injured In Separate Coyote Attacks, Ramapo Reservation Closed UPDATE: Fish and wildlife police set up traps in the park, which was expected to remain closed for a week -- possibly two -- or until some coyotes are captured, Daily Voice has learned. READ MORE: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/police-fire/update-ramapo-reservation-remains-closed-indefinitely-following-coyote-attacks-on-woman-dog/777065/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A woman and a dog were injured in separate coyote attacks Saturday at the Ramapo Valley County Reservation in Mahwah, authorities confirmed. Their injuries didn't initially appear serious, responders said. The woman …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah Mom Fights Off Attacking Coyote Mahwah Mom Fights Off Attacking Coyote
Mahwah Mom Fights Off Attacking Coyote Sensing something was wrong, Doreen Latargia Entrup of Mahwah tried calling a neighbor to tell her she needed to come in off the street. That’s when a coyote attacked her, she said. The coyote was several hundred yards behind her, Entrup said, when she spotted four small deer standing like statues and “a big mama deer running across” Grenadier Drive, near the Rockland County border, around 6:15 p.m. Friday. “I just stopped,” she said. “I knew something wasn’t right. “I picked up my phone to tell my neighbor that I was coming to her house," Entrup told Daily Voice. "As I turned to look behi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Slow News Day: Bear-Tailing Reporters Flock To Ridgewood Slow News Day: Bear-Tailing Reporters Flock To Ridgewood
Slow News Day: Bear-Tailing Reporters Flock To Ridgewood UPDATE (3 p.m.): A fugitive black bear who gave authorities the slip in Paramus a day earlier was brought down safely from a Ridgewood tree Tuesday afternoon. ****** RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- What began as a blow-by-blow bear hunt exploded Tuesday when a young black bear who gave authorities the slip in Paramus on Monday climbed another tree -- this time in Ridgewood -- and reporters came running. Village police cordoned off an area around a Circle Avenue home during the standoff while Carol Tyler, the president of Tyco Animal Control Services, conducted an impromptu news conference across the st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them
Wily Coyotes: Authorities Say Bergenites' Habits Attract Them PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Bergen County isn't attractive only to home buyers: Coyotes continue to prowl the area -- including one spotted the other day in Park Ridge. "He walked right in front of the car and stood there looking at us so cool," said Timothy O'reilly, who spotted the animal on Brae Boulevard. More coyote sightings were reported last year in Bergen County than ever before, said authorities who added that already three dozen have been reported this year. Why? Because we make it easy for them. "Coyotes primarily hunt rodents and rabbits for food, but will take advanta…

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by Jerry DeMarco