Dad chokes coyote in N.H.
Animal attacked woman, dogs before coming after man’s son
A Kensington, N.H., man is being hailed as a hero after he strangled a coyote that had attacked his son, only two hours after the same coyote bit a woman, according to New Hampshire police.
“The coyote attacked a young child and the child’s dad went into protection mode and suffocated the coyote until it succumbed,” police wrote. “New Hampshire Fish and Game has the coyote and is taking it to be tested for rabies.”
The man was bitten in the struggle and received rabies shots, according to police.
Social media lit up with praise for the heroic father. Brittany Morgridge-Haslett wrote on Facebook, “I feel I need to meet this man! It would be an honor! Go dad!”
It all started around 10 a.m., when Kensington
Police blasted out a warning about a coyote attack in town. A 62-year-old woman told police she and her two dogs had been attacked.
“The coyote was on her three-season porch and her two dogs had opened the sliding door and were attacked by the coyote,” police wrote on social media.
“The two dogs retreated back into the house and the coyote attempted to get into the house. While the homeowner was fighting to keep the coyote out of the house she was bitten,” the post said.
The woman later received the first series of rabies shots at Exeter Hospital. Her two dogs were also treated and received a rabies booster shot.
A couple hours after the
Kensington attack, the same coyote attacked the family walking on a trail in nearby Exeter, police said, forcing the dad to strangle it to death.