Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Sub-loving coyote moves to 'burbs

From The Chicago Tribune

Shoes and shirt not required in this lunchtime grazing spot.
The coyote that walked into a downtown Chicago sandwich shop Tuesday afternoon was released today onto a nine-acre private property in northwest suburban Barrington Hills where rabbits and mice – not subs and chips – will be his daily fare.
Officials were fairly confident he won't return downtown, but no one can be really sure. They named the animal "Adrian" after the employee of the city's Animal Care and Control department who watched him overnight. The animal spent the night quietly in the back of his cage, dining on cat food. This morning, he was taken to the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation refuge in Barrington, where he was examined before being released.
Adrian had startled customers of a Quiznos restaurant by walking in, past an open door, and plopping himself down in an open soda pop cooler. No humans were injured during the incident.
This morning, employees of the Quiznos visited the coyote, bringing him a prime rib sandwich on garlic bread. But Animal Care and Control veterinarians rejected the offering.
"I understand," Bina Patel, manager of the sandwich shop, said today. "There are no prime ribs out in the wild. It was nice having him as a guest. He just decided to walk in. He hung out in the refrigerator. We had two regular customers who just kept on eating."

Jason's snark: Yo, Adrian, toss me a sub. Yeah, one of those toasted roadrunner ones. Meep meep.

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