“I haven’t been able to get help,” said Jill Durward, a 69-year-old retiree who lives near Asilomar. “The last time I saw the coyote was five days ago, and it’s really sick, you can tell. I guess a lot of people don’t love coyotes.”
Durward said the animal, which is gray with patches of fur missing, surprised her near her home on Crocker Avenue. She had seen the animal before and surmised it may have been in the area of Sunset Drive, possibly crossing the road in an attempt to scrounge dead fish on the beach.
“I tried to give it its space,” she said.
She said repeated calls to local wildlife officials went unanswered. She went door-to-door asking people to help her find the animal and get it treatment. She said she received an indifferent response.
“Some people told me, ‘If the animal is sick, it should just be left to die,'” she said. “But that isn’t fair. The coyote has a right to live, just like we do. It’s like a sick dog, and it needs help. People just don’t seem to care if an animal is suffering.”
I’ve seen the coyote on two occasions. On both occasions it was on 17 Mile Drive near Dennett. It did not appear to be sick nor to have a limp as it was walking fast and definitely had a destination in mind. That destination appeared to be toward the houses on the Monterey side of the street. It seemed like a young coyote and gave no indication that it was dangerous. Could there be more than one coyote in Pacific Grove?
Not one that ugly. Pic: http://www.pacificgrove.com/images/coyote.jpg