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Coyote Attacks 2 Local Residents On Walk In Northern Westchester Coyote Attacks 2 Local Residents On Walk In Northern Westchester
Coyote Attacks 2 Local Residents On Walk In Northern Westchester A town in the region is warning residents to be on the lookout for a rabid coyote after two residents were attacked while walking. The incident took place in Northern Westchester on Thursday, Nov. 17 shortly after 5 p.m. in North Salem on Turkey Hill Road. One person was bitten with a puncture wound on their leg. The second person was not injured, North Salem Town Supervisor Warren Lucas said. "The person with the puncture wound is on their way to the hospital likely for rabies shots," Lucas said in a Facebook post. "The presumption is that the coyote is rabid. It attacked the tires of a c…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Coyotes Kill Six Peacocks In Broad Daylight At Martha Stewart's Northern Westchester Estate Coyotes Kill Six Peacocks In Broad Daylight At Martha Stewart's Northern Westchester Estate
Coyotes Kill Six Peacocks In Broad Daylight At Martha Stewart's Northern Westchester Estate Six peacocks on Martha Stewart's 153-acre New York estate were killed in a brazen, broad-daylight attack by coyotes. The 80-year-old writer/television personality said she's building an enclosed fence around her yard at the property in the hamlet of Katonah in the Town of Bedford in Northern Westchester County. "RIP beautiful Blue Boy," Stewart wrote on Instagram In a post that displayed a video of one of the victims. "The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and five others.” Stewart said six "large and aggressive coyotes who have expensive tastes when it comes to poultry" car…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Three Bitten By Aggressive Fox In Yorktown Three Bitten By Aggressive Fox In Yorktown
Three Bitten By Aggressive Fox In Yorktown Three people are receiving rabies shots after being bitten by an aggressive fox in Yorktown that is still at large, according to the Westchester County Department of Health. Due to its aggressive behavior, the fox is believed to be rabid. The health department used robo-calls Monday to notify nearby residents. The first attack occurred at 6 a.m. Saturday, when a jogger was bitten by a fox on Lee Boulevard. A second man was bitten in his backyard on North Deerfield Road at 8:30 a.m., and on Sunday at 12:30 p.m., a woman was bitten in her backyard. All three are receiving preventive rabies tr…

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by Kathy Reakes