A coyote was discovered hiding in the produce section of an Aldi store in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood on Monday morning. Police and Animal Care and Control safely removed the animal, which had been found in a cooler beneath a selection of cheeses. Officials say the coyote will be transferred to a wildlife rehabilitation center and may be released back into the wild.
Eric HorngA witness told ABC7 she saw the animal roaming the parking lot minutes earlier, and somehow, that coyote ended up inside the store's produce section.It's not something you see every day. Customers at a grocery store in Chicago got a big surprise after a coyote was found hiding behind a selection of fine cheeses on Monday morning.
"It picked an odd location. They do this sometimes. They make a mistake. They're trying to avoid us. They're trying to hide from us," said Stan Gehrt with the Cook County Coyote Project. "Probably trying to find a new area to hide ended up inside the store, and this has happened in the past." Officials say this time of year -- January through March -- is when coyotes are especially active because this is mating season, so there is often an uptick in sightings.
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