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Vol. 124 No. 12
MARCH 18 - 24, 2022
Options are limited for refugees By lAURA lANe llane@liherald.com
Tammy Lanham/Herald
U.S. ReP. ToM Suozzi comforted Galyna Semenkova, a Ukrainian-American, while she spoke of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s inability to obtain a visa to leave Ukraine and come to live with her in Oyster Bay. At left was Semenkova’s daughter Jenya.
Galyna Semenkova held a large posterboarded photo of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s wedding last July 17 in Ukraine. The photo is typical — an exuberant bride with her new husband, surrounded by their family. Eight months later, the newlyweds are refugees on the run, seeking shelter from strangers in foreign lands. And Isaien’s family in Oyster Bay is powerless to bring the couple to the U.S. to live with them temporarily while the war rages on in Ukraine. Jenya Semenkova, 36, Galyna’s older daughter, asked for help at a news conference on Monday at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Basilian MonContinued on page 10
Coyote sightings on North Shore spark discussion By Will SHeeliNe wsheeline@liherald.com
In the past few weeks, several coyotes have been spotted in communities on the North Shore, according to news reports and residents’ accounts. There have been sightings around Lattingtown and Locust Valley, and area residents have mixed feelings about what they might mean. Coyotes are medium-sized carnivores, closely related to wolves and dogs. They can live in nearly any habitat, but typically prefer hilly and wooded re gions. When pressed by human expansion, however, they
can eke out an existence in more suburban areas, as is now being seen. While it’s unclear exactly how they got here, it’s likely they came from Connecticut and New York over bridges and train tracks, and possibly by swimming the East River. Frank Vicente, director of the Wild Dog Foundation, headquartered in Mineola, has been tracking 11 coyotes in western Nassau County for several years — three family packs and one lone coyote. But he said he doubts there are more than 20 across Long Island. “We’ re piecing to gether where they’re being sighted,”
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It’s nice to have another predator on the island. We need them. JiM JoNeS Bayville
Vicente said. “We don’t know what their numbers are for sure, but it’s highly unlikely that there’s a serious number out here.” Even though coyotes are carnivores, their diet tends to be more omnivorous, including
f r u i t s a n d n u t s, Vi c e n t e explained. When living near humans, they also scavenge food waste and other trash. He encouraged North Shore residents to make sure their trash is closely secured and not left out overnight. A coyote was reported as recently as last Sunday, by Mill Neck resident Campbell McNi-
col, when her dog, Dodger, was outside. “All of a sudden, I heard him start making an alarmed, p a n i cke d b a rk , ” M c N i c o l recounted. “I went out and I saw . . . what I’m quite certain was a coyote. It really moved like a wild animal.” McNicol now no longer lets Dodger out by himself, and does Continued on page 10