Central Park Coyote Dies During Routine Tagging
From Times Wire Reports
NEW YORK
The coyote who paid a visit to New York City and was captured as he loped around Central Park died as he was being tagged for release in the wild, a state official said.
The coyote stopped breathing during the routine tagging procedure, and biologists could not revive him, said Gabrielle DeMarco, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany.
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