Comments on: RIP: Hal the Central Park fox http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/31/rip-hal-the-central-park-fox/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NYkette http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/31/rip-hal-the-central-park-fox/comment-page-1/#comment-105 NYkette Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:09:04 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=211#comment-105 Statistics in New York show that we lose less people to coyotes than to bad hot dogs, so I'm all for it! Statistics in New York show that we lose less people to coyotes than to bad hot dogs, so I’m all for it!

]]> By: Johnnyboy http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/31/rip-hal-the-central-park-fox/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Johnnyboy Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:26:20 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=211#comment-104 Coyote, old Hal was a Coyote. Which doesn't make his death any less sad, in fact I thought we ought to have left him to roam there, and brought in a few of his brothers. Sure, we might have lost the occasional early morning runner, and a couple of miniature designer dogs to the pack, but that's Darwinism in action. And can you think of a more organic method of keeping crime down in the park? What potential rapist, killer, or mugger would want to lie in wait for his next victim in the bushes with a pack of man eating (potentially) coyotes on the loose? Yeah, I know crime in the park is supposed to be way down these days, maybe I just like the idea of wild coyotes in the park. A couple of Bobcats couldn't hurt either. Coyote, old Hal was a Coyote. Which doesn’t make his death any less sad, in fact I thought we ought to have left him to roam there, and brought in a few of his brothers.

Sure, we might have lost the occasional early morning runner, and a couple of miniature designer dogs to the pack, but that’s Darwinism in action. And can you think of a more organic method of keeping crime down in the park? What potential rapist, killer, or mugger would want to lie in wait for his next victim in the bushes with a pack of man eating (potentially) coyotes on the loose?

Yeah, I know crime in the park is supposed to be way down these days, maybe I just like the idea of wild coyotes in the park. A couple of Bobcats couldn’t hurt either.

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