CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a story that could\u2019ve jumped straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon. <\/p>\n
Deputies in Charlotte County responded to an unusual call late last week: a wild animal had darted in front of a car and become lodged in the vehicle’s bumper. That animal was none other than a coyote \u2014 dubbed “Wile E.” by the responding officers.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, Wile E.\u2019s misfortune didn\u2019t end there. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, despite suffering two broken legs on his left side, help was on the way. Officers called in the Wildlife Center of Southwest Florida Rescue and Transport, whose team carefully removed the injured animal and transported him for treatment.<\/p>\n
See also: Palm Beach gets Hollywood treatment as ‘Entertainment Tonight’ takes over iconic spots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Veterinarians are optimistic that Wile E. will make a full recovery. His story \u2014 a collision, a rescue, and a second chance \u2014 has since captured hearts and sparked smiles across the county, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n “No roadrunners were located in the area,” the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office quipped in its statement, embracing a touch of cartoon humor to lighten the mood around an otherwise serious rescue.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter <\/a>to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 In a story that could\u2019ve jumped straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":99086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64862,64860,29391,3321,1558,4747,159,9226,67,132,68,837,64861],"class_list":{"0":"post-99085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-broken-legs","9":"tag-charlotte-county","10":"tag-coyote","11":"tag-humor","12":"tag-recovery","13":"tag-rescue","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-treatment","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-wildlife","20":"tag-wildlife-center"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114930324890378413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}