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Cornered coyote captured in Southwest Center City

Police earlier this week caught a coyote in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood.

Police Officer Marck Smith took this photo of the coyote captured Thursday morning in Southwest Center City.
Police Officer Marck Smith took this photo of the coyote captured Thursday morning in Southwest Center City.Read moreOfficer Marck Smith / Philadelphia Police Dept.

Officials have captured a coyote that had been cornered in a lot at 16th and Montrose Streets in Philadelphia's Southwest Center City neighborhood.

The coyote had kept police and animal control officers at bay for a time Thursday morning while hiding under a blue dumpster in the lot near the Edward Stanton Elementary School.

He was taken into custody after the arrival of a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer and a chase around the lot.Officials said the coyote was believed to be the same one that had been spotted in Northeast Philadelphia's Bridesburg neighborhood overnight.

The critter earlier played peek-a-boo with police.

One officer snapped a photo of the coyote in hiding.

Police earlier this week caught a coyote in Northeast Philadelphia's Mayfair neighborhood.

Urban coyotes are not unusual and have been spotted in New York City's Central Park.

It must now be time for Philly to acknowledge the critters are in our midst.