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Approximate reconstructionCornell Division of Public Safety community notification (text reconstructed from quoted excerpts; official archive page returns HTTP 403 in this environment)704 chars
Community Notification - Coyote Bite, Cascadilla Gorge Trail. Cornell University Public Safety has received reports of a coyote on campus and in local neighborhoods. Yesterday, an unaffiliated adult was bitten by a coyote while on the Upper Cascadilla Gorge trail near the Trolley Foot Bridge. The coyote is described as a medium-sized animal with a grey coat. Please avoid contact with any wild animals and do not feed, approach, or corner them. If you are bitten or scratched, wash the area with soap and water and contact the Tompkins County Whole Health Environmental Health Division to determine whether post-exposure rabies treatment is necessary. Report any sightings to Cornell University Police.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
Reconstructed from quoted excerpts in The Cornell Daily Sun and a circulated screenshot; the opening lines 'Cornell University Public Safety has received reports of a coyote on campus and in local neighborhoods. Yesterday, an unaffiliated adult was bitten by a coyote while on the Upper Cascadilla Gorge trail' track the directly quoted source text.
The notification is framed as a discretionary community/health advisory rather than a Clery timely warning, because a coyote bite is not a Clery-reportable crime even though it triggered a campus-wide message.
The pointer to the Tompkins County Whole Health Environmental Health Division for rabies post-exposure assessment is the operationally specific instruction that distinguishes this from a generic 'avoid wildlife' note.