Coyote Seen Dragging Leg Trap Around New Canaan

NEW CANAAN, CT —Some residents are concerned for a coyote that will likely die a slow death from starvation after its leg was caught in a trap.

The coyote was first seen Dec. 12 by a Jonathan Road resident, according to the New Canaanite. It appears that the trap was set by an unqualified or amateur hunter, said Officer Allyson Halm, head of Animal Control for the Police Department.

She called it "legal animal cruelty."

Coyote trapping is legal under Connecticut law, but traps have to be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Read the full New Canaanite story here.

Image via CT DEEP, not New Canaan coyote