Hal, Central Park Coyote, +/- 1
Posted: Saturday, April 1st, 2006 2:44 pmHal, the coyote who led park rangers and police officers on a two-day chase in Central Park last month, died on Thursday, moments before he was to be released in a thousand-acre state forest in Putnam County. He was about a year old.
The cause of death had not been determined…
Hal’s birthplace was unknown, as was his birthday. After his romp in the park, Adrian Benepe, the city’s parks commissioner, speculated that Hal had fled Westchester County, wandering across the railroad bridge that connects the Bronx and Manhattan at Spuyten Duyvil. From there, Mr. Benepe said, Hal could have sauntered down the West Side and into Central Park.
He had the run of the park for a few days before parks officials cornered him at the Hallett Nature Sanctuary, not far from the Wollman Rink and the carousel. … Read full obituary
