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PETITION TARGET: Chicago Police Department

UPDATE (1/27/2025): Authorities have issued citations to four teenagers for their alleged involvement in this crime, according to ABC7 Chicago.

The citations include unlawfully hunting without supervision, unlawfully hunting on lands without permission of the owner, unlawfully hunting within 100 yards of a home, and unlawful abandonment of wildlife carcass on private property without permission.

It was also discovered that the coyote was shot by a bow before being stomped to death.

While we are glad that the alleged perpetrators have been held accountable, we’re saddened to see that none of the charges seem to address the severity of the cruelty and abuse inflicted on the defenseless pup. Further, we hope that the individuals involved receive psychological intervention so they never inflict this type of violence on another living being again.

Lady Freethinker thanks the 39,000+ supporters who signed our petition demanding justice for this innocent coyote pup.

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A helpless coyote pup was brutally kicked and stomped to death, after being surrounded by three people in a Chicago neighborhood, according to local news. A neighbor reportedly saw the attack and confronted the group — but tragically, the pup had already been killed.

The coyote pup and his family had been spotted in the neighborhood occasionally over the past few months — but they hadn’t caused any problems, according to the neighbor.

“The father of the coyote was over there howling for half the night,” the witness told news about the coyote family’s response to the loss of the pup after the attack.

The terror and pain this vulnerable pup must have experienced as these larger figures towered over him, stomping on his body until he was killed, is heartbreaking.

No one has been arrested in connection with the case — but the group has been caught on camera. They are believed to be juveniles.

Sign our petition urging the Chicago Police Department to thoroughly investigate this case to find the people who horrifically killed this innocent coyote pup — and to recommend they receive intensive psychological intervention and be held accountable for their cruel actions so that no other animal — or human — suffers this type of violence.

Police are asking anyone who might have information about the suspects to submit a tip at cpdtip.com.