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Coyote Killed After Attacking Girl In Hudson Valley Was Rabid Coyote Killed After Attacking Girl In Hudson Valley Was Rabid
Coyote Killed After Attacking Girl In Hudson Valley Was Rabid The coyote that lunged at, and bit a 5-year-old girl at Carroll Park in Thornwood Sunday has tested positive for rabies. The incident took place around 4 p.m. Sunday at the park on Kensico Road when police said the coyote attacked the girl who was playing on the playground. The child, who was at the park with her parents, was "just playing with other children when the coyote approached and bit her, on the left forearm" said Mount Pleasant Police Lt. Robert Miliambro. An off-duty Irvington police officer, Angelo Liberatore, jumped on the coyote and held it down until Mount Pleasan…

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