JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Beavertail State Park was briefly closed after a woman suffered puncture wounds breaking up a fight between two dogs and a coyote.
The Providence Journal reports the fight broke out around 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The park was closed for a short time Monday morning while three officers from the Department of Environmental Management’s law enforcement division searched for the coyote.
The park later re-opened and two officers will remain there Monday.
The incident occurred when Barbara Szpatowski, a former town councilwoman, visited the park with her dog and a friend’s dog. The two dogs spotted a coyote in the parking lot and rushed toward it.
Szpatowski managed to pull the dogs off by their collars. She later received a rabies shot. The dogs suffered cuts to the face and ear.
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