WASHINGTON — A coyote being kept as a pet聽was captured near a restaurant in Calvert County on Wednesday,.
Animal control聽caught the coyote running around聽near Neptune’s in North Beach, Maryland, just after 8 a.m. It was wearing a blue collar, which led police to its owner, NBC Washington reports.
It is illegal to own a coyote in Maryland.
Police said the coyote’s owner got the animal from Virginia as a puppy. The animal had to be聽euthanized, police said, due to the possible risk of聽rabies exposure.
Police told NBC Washington that the charges were pending against the owner.
