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It’s no longer just trained police dogs who help in apprehending suspects. Coyotes in Southwestern Ontario are apparently getting in on the act, too.

A 28-year-old Hanover man was arrested Tuesday after climbing a tree to evade a do-gooder coyote, OPP said in a statement Thursday.

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Provincial officers from Huron and Perth County discovered the treed man, about nine metres off the ground, after they arrived at a Gorrie Line residence where a suspicious pickup truck was parked in the laneway.

The officers began searching for potential suspects and noticed a set of footprints in the snow. Looking closer, the searching officers noticed a set of animal tracks alongside the footprints.

After losing the trail, officers picked up the prints again and followed them across a field and along the fence line to where the tracks ultimately came to a stop under a large tree.

An officer noticed the suspect in the tree. He was directed out of the tree, and police say he eagerly complied.

The suspect, cold and shaken by the ordeal, told the officers he was chased by the coyote and climbed the tree to avoid being attacked.

The accused was transferred into the custody of West Grey Police Service to face a variety of outstanding charges.

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