A coyote was seen on camera in the backyard of a Hillsborough home with a black plastic tube around its neck.
Community efforts are underway to find and help a distressed coyote spotted on a camera in Hillsborough with a corrugated tube around its neck.
The coyote was first spotted on a camera walking around in the backyard of a Hillsborough resident earlier in the week with a black plastic tube encasing its neck and unable to remove it. A GoFundMe has been set up to raise funds to set a trap to have a veterinarian present to sedate the coyote and remove the tube from its neck.
A leader in the movement to try and find the coyote is Gail Pettit from San Carlos, who has helped coyotes in the area over the years deal with mange. She hopes to now help this coyote. She wants to take action to ensure the animal does not starve due to the strain from the tube. She noted the tube could be from landscaping and the coyote taking a drink out of it because it had water. Pettit recently contacted Project Coyote, a nonprofit based in Northern California that seeks to stop the killing of coyotes, who connected her with Ben Nuckolls, a former animal control officer with 30 years of professional wildlife experience doing rescues. Nuckolls will help set a trap of raw meat during the day for the animal in areas it was last seen to lure the notoriously suspicious animal. Pettit, a retired nurse, said the plan is to avoid all human and coyote interaction, which can lead to issues in the future. If the coyote is found, the veterinarian will determine if additional treatment, like antibiotics, is needed or additional help at a rehab center.
Buffy Martin‑Tarbox, communications manager with the Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the organization first received a call a couple of days ago about the issue but didn’t have enough detailed information about where the coyote was and had been seen to go out and assess anything. She noted PHS gets a lot of calls about coyotes throughout the county, and people often spot them throughout the county in rural and urban areas.
She asked if anyone in the public sees this particular coyote or an animal in distress to call its dispatch number at (650)340-8200 and provide as much information as possible to investigate.
Pettit estimates that the costs for all the work will cost around $5,000, and a GoFundMe has raised about $1,100 so far for the fees. People can go to gofundme.com/f/urgent-please-help-baby-coyote-piper?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer to learn more about the efforts to help the coyote.
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102
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(4) comments
It has been heartwarming to see the community support for this effort on NextDoor. It’s unfortunate that PHS required information that is notoriously hard to get on coyotes before they would engage, but thank goodness we have Gail doing an awesome job of pulling the rescue details together. I am one of the many contributors and hope we will reach the goal soon.
These folks have too much time and money on their hands. What is next? A sanctuary for rats?
Apparently she sits at home all day posting on NextDoor - shes got way too much time on her hands.
SMH - Crazy Coyote Gail from San Carlos. We know her all too well. We battled her a few years ago over trying to get coyotes removed from our neighborhood that were killing cats and stalking people walking their dogs. They even rushed a kid on our block and she was still defending them. Fish and Game had my back throughout the process - but unfortunately regarding city coyotes - us citizens have zero recourse short of shooting them with a bow and arrow (and fish and game was very reluctant to tell me that) My neighbors had to either have me walking with them or carry a stun gun device to protect themselves from these rogue coyotes.I personally think this woman is out of her mind.
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