A ranger from Boulder’s open space department shot an aggressive coyote Tuesday after it had gained a reputation for chasing bike commuters along an eastern section of the Boulder Creek Path.
In the latest incident, around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the coyote charged a cyclist and bit his tire on the section of the bike path that runs east of Foothills Parkway behind the businesses on Pearl Circle, according to an onlooker.
After Tuesday morning’s incident was reported to animal control, an open space ranger responded to the area of the bike path near 55th Street and Pearl Parkway, according to city spokesman Patrick von Keyserling.
“The ranger located the coyote and observed inappropriate, potentially dangerous behavior,” von Keyserling said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “The animal appeared to be following or paralleling hikers. The ranger put the animal down shortly after noon today.”
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