I cant help but wonder if this happens in other cities.
Today's Top NewsApril 03, 2007
Lawsuits build against maker of tainted pet food
The poison pet food crisis is now squarely focused on the damning question, "What did they know and when did they know it?"
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Coyote caught at downtown Quiznos
An uninvited guest disrupted business at aLoop sub shop Tuesday afternoon. A coyote wandered into a Quiznos sandwich shop and took a seat in the beverage cooler.
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April 3, 2007 - An uninvited guest disrupted business at a Loop sub shop Tuesday afternoon. A coyote wandered into a Quiznos sandwich shop and took a seat in the beverage cooler. That sent all the customers out the door.
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Coyotes are quite territorial and quite good at adapting to what their territory presents. They have been in the Loop before, and will be again, but probably not with the same fanfare that greeted the coyote who went to Quiznos, 37 E. Adams.
He is a young male, roughly a year-and-a-half old, about the time he'd be striking out on his own, which he surely did Tuesday.
The good people at Animal Control have given him a name -- Adrian. Adrian spent Tuesday night in a cage, biding his time, being a good young coyote after his great adventure in the Loop.
"We feel perhaps he got away from his family and he was looking for refuge, looking for a place to hide," said Anne Kent, Chicago Animal Care and Control director.
Of course, it's a bit odd that a coyote would seek refuge in a Quiznos sandwich, but that's what Adrian did, strolling east on Adams in the post-lunch crowd. He walked in the front door that had been propped open because of the warm weather. He settled into the beverage cooler after unsuccessfully trying to vault the counter.
"It did not growl. It did not make any sounds. It just tried to get in. Apparently it was scared and tried to shelter itself," said Ray Zavalas, Quiznos employee.
For 40 minutes, he sat there quite passive -- next to the Gatorade -- a sort of odd celebrity, as dozens of passersby came to see the coyote who came to dinner and take pictures with their cell phones. Imagine what Mr. Coyote thought about all this attention.
Soon, Taurus Drake of Animal Control arrived with his catch pole, and Adrian showed his teeth during his brief and rather inglorious departure from Quiznos.
After being so close to the prime rib earlier, Adrian Tuesday night was uninterested in the dog food in his cage. Of course, having TV cameras around may dampen the appetite.
"They don't like that. They like somewhere in the dark -- noise -- they don't like noise," said Jose Tapia, Chicago Animal Control vet tech.
Adrian will have to put up with all the barking from his canine friends until Wednesday when he will achieve his freedom. He will be transported to the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehab center north of Barrington, a large, fenced-in area where he and other transplanted urban coyotes can roam the limited prairie -- without benefit of a nearby Quiznos.
Lawsuits build against maker of tainted pet food
The poison pet food crisis is now squarely focused on the damning question, "What did they know and when did they know it?"
Related:
Coyote caught at downtown Quiznos
An uninvited guest disrupted business at aLoop sub shop Tuesday afternoon. A coyote wandered into a Quiznos sandwich shop and took a seat in the beverage cooler.
Related:
April 3, 2007 - An uninvited guest disrupted business at a Loop sub shop Tuesday afternoon. A coyote wandered into a Quiznos sandwich shop and took a seat in the beverage cooler. That sent all the customers out the door.
Related Links
Coyotes are quite territorial and quite good at adapting to what their territory presents. They have been in the Loop before, and will be again, but probably not with the same fanfare that greeted the coyote who went to Quiznos, 37 E. Adams.
He is a young male, roughly a year-and-a-half old, about the time he'd be striking out on his own, which he surely did Tuesday.
The good people at Animal Control have given him a name -- Adrian. Adrian spent Tuesday night in a cage, biding his time, being a good young coyote after his great adventure in the Loop.
"We feel perhaps he got away from his family and he was looking for refuge, looking for a place to hide," said Anne Kent, Chicago Animal Care and Control director.
Of course, it's a bit odd that a coyote would seek refuge in a Quiznos sandwich, but that's what Adrian did, strolling east on Adams in the post-lunch crowd. He walked in the front door that had been propped open because of the warm weather. He settled into the beverage cooler after unsuccessfully trying to vault the counter.
"It did not growl. It did not make any sounds. It just tried to get in. Apparently it was scared and tried to shelter itself," said Ray Zavalas, Quiznos employee.
For 40 minutes, he sat there quite passive -- next to the Gatorade -- a sort of odd celebrity, as dozens of passersby came to see the coyote who came to dinner and take pictures with their cell phones. Imagine what Mr. Coyote thought about all this attention.
Soon, Taurus Drake of Animal Control arrived with his catch pole, and Adrian showed his teeth during his brief and rather inglorious departure from Quiznos.
After being so close to the prime rib earlier, Adrian Tuesday night was uninterested in the dog food in his cage. Of course, having TV cameras around may dampen the appetite.
"They don't like that. They like somewhere in the dark -- noise -- they don't like noise," said Jose Tapia, Chicago Animal Control vet tech.
Adrian will have to put up with all the barking from his canine friends until Wednesday when he will achieve his freedom. He will be transported to the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehab center north of Barrington, a large, fenced-in area where he and other transplanted urban coyotes can roam the limited prairie -- without benefit of a nearby Quiznos.