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Two New Canaan dogs are in quarantine after biting people here, officials say. A Lhasa Apso drew blood after nipping someone in the leg at the bottom of Elm Street, according to Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt of the New Canaan Police Department’s animal control unit. That happened around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 25. Given that state law requires two weeks of confinement, that dog will get out on Tuesday.
Animal control officers last week saved the life of a baby possum that had wandered into the dog park at Waveny. Asked whether she remembered a time when an animal had gained access to the fenced-in area, Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control Unit said: “That was the first time in eight years. Other than a dog.”
Responding to a call placed shortly after 3 p.m. on Feb. 28, Kleinschmitt says the dogs at Spencer’s Run likely would’ve killed the young animal if she hadn’t removed it first. It isn’t clear how they missed it.
A rare eastern coyote—offspring of an eastern wolf and western coyote—was spotted (and photographed) in New Canaan up near the Scotts Corner line on Sunday, officials say. The Proprietors Crossing sighting comes on the heels of an active February, in which eight coyotes were spotted in New Canaan, and also follows a “red wolf” sighting in town in December. “This animal is just spectacular,” Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control Unit said of the coywolf, seen at right. The call reporting the sighting came in at about 2:30 p.m. on March 2, police say. Kleinschmitt says she’s hearing that there could be a pair of the animals in northern New Canaan.
Update Feb. 28
Since the first article ran, five coyotes have been sighted at three locations in New Canaan—today, two on East Cross Road and one on Lakeview Avenue. We have updated the searchable map below, and will continue to do that as more coyotes are spotted here. Original Article
Recent reports of a coyote seen on Michigan Road marked the fourth reported sighting of the species in New Canaan in 2014 and third this month, raising fears well ahead of the animal’s high season, officials say. The Feb.
A New Canaan dog is in quarantine at the police department’s animal control shelter after biting a person in the area of Kiwanis Park, officials say. Police at about 6 p.m. on Feb. 9 learned of the bite from urgent care physicians treating the victim. It isn’t clear just where or how severely the person was injured. The dog’s rabies was vaccination up-to-date, according to Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt, head of the police department’s animal control unit.