Chicago's Ice-floating Coyote Recovering at Wildlife Shelter
Holly Mending from Frostbite After Lake Michigan Ride
Crews on a Chicago fire boat and a helicopter teamed up to rescue the female coyote. After several attempted, a Chicago Animal Care and Control staffer snared the frightened animal with a long-handled tool and lifted her to safety.
By late afternoon, the rescued coyote was recovering at the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Barrington, Illinois.
"We are caring for the coyote that was found floating on ice in Lake Michigan and rescued by the Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Animal Care and Control," read a Friday afternoon post on the animal rescue center's Facebook page (posted at 3:53 p.m.).
The ice- floating coyote of Chicago has been named Holly, although some of the rescuers have fondly tagged the seemingly shipwrecked wild canine as Gilligan as well.
As of Friday evening, December 17th, the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center had posted this update on the group's Facebook page (at 7:11 p.m.): "Holly a.k.a. Gilligan is resting comfortably and is being treated for frostbite."
A post-rescue veterinary exam pronounced Holly the ice-floating coyote to be in proper health, except for frostbite on her paws.
No one seems to know how the coyote ended up floating in Lake Michigan, drifting along Chicago's lakefront on a chunk of ice barely bigger than herself.
What is Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center?
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is an animal rescue organization, with locations in Barrington, Chicago and Itasca, Illinois. Since 2004, the not-for-profit group has worked with abandoned and injured animals, such as wild deer, ducks, falcons, foxes, geese, hawks, owls, rabbits, reptiles, squirrels and other creatures.
The animal rescue held a special event, titled the "Furry and Feathered Holiday Open House," on Saturday, December 18th. Visitors were invited to tour the Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center facility at Itasca, Illinois, and view several rescued animals.
Holly the ship worthy coyote, however, remained at the organization's Northern facility, located in Barrington, Illinois, so she was not part of the festivities.
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There was a coyote filmed running the streets in downtown Chicago earlier in the month. I wonder if it was Holly/GIlligan?
Great story, I love animals.
Glad it had a happy ending. I once saw on TV a crew rescuing a deer, when they stopped to congratulate themselves, the deer ran right back onto the ice. (I just can't sign in again but I'm still reading)
What a story!
Makes me smile. We recently waited breathlessly with several other residents and a water supply official while a young deer tried to navigate perilously thin ice on the local reservoir. Luckily no resuce was needed but I'm willing to bed we all would have found a way to get to the poor thing if it were.
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Warming story!