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Police say the coyote that was captured in New Jersey after a man walking his dog was attacked earlier this week has tested positive for rabies, marking the second time in a month in one Garden State county that one of the canines has turned up rabid after acting aggressively toward people.

A coyote was spotted again in upper Manhattan Thursday night, the third time this week the wily canid has made a public appearance on the streets of New York City.

Police say the coyote that was captured in New Jersey after a man walking his dog was attacked earlier this week has tested positive for rabies, marking the second time in a month in one Garden State county that one of the canines has turned up rabid after acting aggressively toward people.

A wily coyote led NYPD officers on an hours-long chase on the Upper West Side Wednesday after multiple people called to report sightings of the animal near West 87th Street, then 30-some blocks away and finally in Riverside Park before police contained it near Grant’s Tomb, authorities said.

Police say they’ve captured an aggressive coyote they think attacked a New Jersey man walking his dog Sunday afternoon, though concern within the neighborhood remains because of two dens near a school they discovered during the search for the animal Monday.

A New Jersey resident was attacked by a coyote while walking his dog in his neighborhood Sunday, authorities say. Brian Thompson has more.

A New Jersey resident was attacked by a coyote while walking his dog in his neighborhood Sunday, authorities say.