After hitting a dog with his car, a Canadian man drove it to safety. Turns out it was a coyote

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By Ryan Prior, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/americas/canada-man-hits-coyote-with-car-trnd/index.html

Updated 7:43 PM ET, Tue December 3, 2019

(CNN)Eli Boroditsky was driving to his night shift last week on a narrow rural road in Manitoba, Canada, when his car hit what he thought was a dog streaking across the dark road.

After he clipped the animal, it flew into the ditch on the shoulder. He parked and used a small flashlight to get a look.
“I thought it was a German shepherd or a husky,” he told CNN news partner CBC. “I didn’t think it was a wild animal.”
Boroditsky said he was reluctant to leave it lying on the side of the road.
“It is amazing how docile it was. I was petting it,” he said.
So, to protect it from predators in the night, he picked up the animal and laid it on the…

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1 thought on “After hitting a dog with his car, a Canadian man drove it to safety. Turns out it was a coyote”

  1. I’m glad things turned out well! Head trauma is scary though. But it was good of the person to stop and get help. Most people probably wouldn’t have bothered.

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