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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Coyote at Cook County nature center to get bigger cage; advocates want animal sent to wildlife sanctuary

Rocky in his enclosure at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook. (Cook County Forest Preserve District)

A coyote at a nature center in Northbrook will be getting a bigger enclosure, but activists who have been fighting to move the animal to a wildlife sanctuary say the decision to keep him caged is “inhumane.”

The plan to build a new enclosure was outlined in an internal review released Tuesday of the Cook County Forest Preserve District’s animal ambassador program. The report said the coyote was “happy and healthy” but suggested improvements could be made.

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