Officer Yanks Coyote By Tail Through Shelves At Aldi In Chicago: Video

CHICAGO — A video viewed millions of times in less than a day captured an officer pulling a coyote by its tail through the shelves of the refrigerated food section of a Chicago Aldi before the animal escapes and darts back between the shelves.

The video, posted Monday by X user @EddieBarstool, shows two officers armed with a shopping cart and long-handled cleaning tools attempting to wrangle the coyote at the store in the 800 block of North Kedzie Avenue in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. It had over 7 million views as of late Tuesday morning.

The coyote was safely taken into custody by authorities and will be transfered to Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation for a health assessment and possible release, NBC 5 Chicago reported.

January is the beginning of coyote mating season, when the animals are more active in urban areas, according to Chicago Animal Care and Control, which said the season ends in March.