By Hugh Adami, Ottawa Citizen, November 6, 2014
Ottawa police say they were unable to find a coyote that nipped at a cyclist’s
leg as he was biking along the westbound bike lane of Hunt Club Road, between
Merivale Road and Woodroffe Avenue, on Friday. Police searched the nearby forest
after they were called at 2:20 p.m., but were unable to locate the animal. It’s
possible the coyote has a treatable skin disease called mange, which is caused
by mites. Coyotes tend to cower from people, but mange might make one itchy and
irritable. via
Coyote spotted in Nepean could be sick with mange | Ottawa Citizen.