Wile E. Coyote and friends are invading Manhattan. Three coyotes turned up on the Columbia University campus on Sunday morning, prompting an e-mail alert to students and faculty.
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A few hours later, a coyote was spotted darting around bushes and across a frozen lake in Central Park.
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Urban coyote authorities say the dogs will likely be seen more and more in big cities as they fight one another for living space. “It’s not uncommon at all, and it’s going to increase in frequency,” Dr. Stanley Gehrt of Ohio State University said of coyote sightings in cities.
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Columbia’s public-safety officials said the coyotes were spotted in front of a campus building near 119th Street and Broadway. Someone called 911, and police saw one of the coyotes before it left the campus, apparently near 120th Street.
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