Coyote that attacked 2-year-old is euthanized in Southern California

TO IT? TEO: WE ARE. I JUST WISH THERE WERE MORE OUT. DEIRDRE: STATE OFFICIALS TAKING ACTION AFTER COYOTE ATTACKS. TEO: WE HAVE DETAILS ON AN UPCOMI WORKSHOP. IT IS AIMED AT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FUTURE ATTACKS. MIKE: IT HAS GENERATED A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND REACTION. THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS BY COYOTES ON HUMANS. THE NUMBERS TELL THE TALE OF WHY THERE IS SO MUCH CONCERN. IN 2020, THEY DOCUMENTED ONE DOZEN COYOTE ATTACKS ON HUMANS RANGING FRO MARANGA DOWN TO LONG BEACH. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN THREE RECORDED MOUNTAIN LINE ATTACKS. IN ONE CASE, BIOLOGISTS WERE ABLE TO TRACE FIVE SEPARATE COYOTE BITES TO JUST O COYOTE. IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS, THE STATE HOSTING THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS. THE VIRTUAL MEETING WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WEBSITE. OFFICIALS SAY A KEY WAY TO REDUCE ATTRACTING COYOTES TO YOUR APARTMENT -- TO YOUR PROPERTY IS TO AVOID KEEPING PET FOOD AND PETS. THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THE PETS THEMSELVES THAN THE PET FOOD. BUT THE PET FOOD ATTRACTS RATS AND RATS ARE THE NUMBER ONE THING COYOTES PRAY UPON. WHEN YOU ATTRACT RATS TO YOUR PROPERTY YOU COULD BE INADVERTENTLY ATTRACTING COYOTES. MIKE: WHILE THIS HAS CREATED A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT COYOTES ATTACKING THEM IS IN URBAN AREAS, THEY DO MENTION THAT THIS IS A STATE OF 40 MILLION PEOPLE, SO TO HAVE A DOZEN ATTACKS INVOLVING 40 MILLION PEOPLE STILL SHOWS THE THREAT IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE BUT ENOUGH TO BE SPARKING ACTION, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC VIRTUAL MEETING

Wildlife authorities caught and euthanized a coyote that attacked a 2-year-old child at a Southern California park earlier this week, officials said.The attack happened Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. at Mile Square Park in the city of Fountain Valley southeast of Los Angeles, police said.“California Department of Fish and Wildlife obtained a DNA sample from the victim’s clothing, which conclusively proved to be a coyote responsible for the attack,” police said in a statement Friday.| VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE | Coyote attacks on Californians spark action, prevention advice from wildlife officialsFish and Wildlife trapped the coyote at the park and killed it.The child was recovering from unspecified injuries, police said.In late April, a coyote bit a 2-year-old girl on Huntington Beach, just a few miles south of Fountain Valley. That coyote was later shot dead.Coyotes are found almost everywhere in California, including cities, and authorities have long warned that small children and pets can be at risk, even though attacks are rare.Last year, Fish and Wildlife began workshops to help communities deal with coyotes because of an increase in the number of conflicts with people.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. —

Wildlife authorities caught and euthanized a coyote that attacked a 2-year-old child at a Southern California park earlier this week, officials said.

The attack happened Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. at Mile Square Park in the city of Fountain Valley southeast of Los Angeles, police said.

“California Department of Fish and Wildlife obtained a DNA sample from the victim’s clothing, which conclusively proved to be a coyote responsible for the attack,” police said in a statement Friday.

| VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE | Coyote attacks on Californians spark action, prevention advice from wildlife officials

Fish and Wildlife trapped the coyote at the park and killed it.

The child was recovering from unspecified injuries, police said.

In late April, a coyote bit a 2-year-old girl on Huntington Beach, just a few miles south of Fountain Valley. That coyote was later shot dead.

Coyotes are found almost everywhere in California, including cities, and authorities have long warned that small children and pets can be at risk, even though attacks are rare.

Last year, Fish and Wildlife began workshops to help communities deal with coyotes because of an increase in the number of conflicts with people.

Coyote that attacked 2-year-old is euthanized in Southern California

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