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Off-duty officer throttles coyote that attacked child in suburban New York

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  • ‘I just tried to squeeze the life out of it, but it was pretty resilient’
  • Mount Pleasant police arrived and shot and killed the animal

An off-duty police officer jumped on a coyote and throttled it as the animal attacked a five-year-old girl on a suburban New York playground.

Kasey King-Petrellese told WNBC the coyote appeared out of nowhere and bolted “like a cheetah” towards her daughter, Natalia, and three-year-old son on Sunday in Thornwood. As they fled for their car, the animal gained on them, first menacing the boy.

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