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Coyote Bites 5-Year-Old Boy at California College Campus

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Coyote Bites 5-Year-Old Boy at California College Campus
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Professional trappers have been called in to catch a coyote that bit a 5-year-old boy and then aggressively approached a student at the Cal State L.A. campus Wednesday night.

The boy was walking with his father on campus about 6:30 p.m. when the incident took place, said Lt. J.C. Healy with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

 “He bit me!” the boy cried out to his father, Healy said.

The father chased away the coyote and took his son to get medical attention. The boy suffered a single puncture wound in the leg.

A cellphone video posted to Twitter showed the coyote running after the boy along a paved path.

Warning signs are posted on the Cal State L.A. campus. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

About an hour after the incident, a coyote aggressively approached a student on campus. The woman called for help, and when police responded, they saw several coyotes in the area.

For more info:   http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-coyote-bites-20180315-story.html

This was posted  by the boy’s father, its his 5 year old son’s leg.

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Attacks On People, Los Angeles County, Orange County, What's Up

Why California officials are killing coyote, after coyote, after coyote

March 15, 2018 by Coyotes In Orange County 6 Comments

Why California officials are killing coyote, after coyote, after coyote

Why California officials are killing coyote, after coyote, after coyote

 

 

 

Emily Guerin | March 15, 2018

On Wednesday night, a 5-year-old boy was walking with his father on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles when a coyote came up from behind and bit him on the leg. The boy went to the hospital and likely received a rabies shot. But what happened to the coyote?

In California, coyotes have the same legal status as pigeons and rats. They’re considered “non-game animals,” which means anyone can kill as many of them as they want, at any time of year.  There are some restrictions: it’s illegal to poison them or capture them with a leg-hold trap.

What happened next at Cal State LA on Wednesday night was perfectly legal: according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a university police officer fired his rifle at the coyote, after it was seen stalking a woman shortly after biting the boy. But the coyote got away.

Now, the search for the offending coyote has intensified. DFW officers took the pants of the boy who was bitten to a lab to attempt to get a DNA sample. Thursday night, after dark, they plan to set up traps all over the Cal State LA campus. Working with Wildlife Services, a federal agency whose mandate is to “resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist,” they’ll use animal calls to lure coyotes in. Because they’re so difficult to trap, officials often end up shooting them instead.

It’s not something DFW Lt. J.C. Healy particularly enjoys.

“I don’t really enjoy killing animals,” he said. “It’s a challenge. Because they’re pretty saavy.”

After each coyote they kill, DFW officers and trappers take a saliva or tissue sample and look for a genetic match to the sample from the pants of the boy who was bitten.

“If it’s the first coyote we capture, we’ll cease operations,” said Healy. But if not, they’ll keep going. They can trap and kill up to half a dozen coyotes a time, looking for the culprit. “Sometimes it takes one, two, three nights.”

People vehemently disagree about whether this is the best approach to deal with aggressive coyotes.

In an interview with KPCC last April, Niamh Quinn, who studies coyote-human interaction at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Orange County, said killing coyotes does not reduce their overall number, because it creates a vacuum that other coyotes move in to fill. Rather, she said, the aim is to eliminate problem coyotes, and hope that whatever coyotes move in to an area next won’t be as aggressive.

“It does look like lethal control is a good short term option. But it’s not the long term solution,” she said. “The long term solution is making citizens aware of how to act in areas where coyotes are, because coyotes are not going anyway. They’re here to say. Coyotes are not coming from the hills anymore. We have urban coyotes.”

Lisa Lange, senior vice president for communications at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said the long-term solution is to prevent conflicts in the first place. She said people can eliminate the reasons why coyotes are hanging around populated areas in the first place: open garbage cans, food that is left out or even intentional feeding.

“We need to start ticketing people when they leave food out for wildlife. We need to fine people when they have a picnic and leave their trash out,” she told KPCC last May.

It’s hard to tell whether human coyote conflicts are getting worse.  Many people feel that they are, thanks to posts on Nextdoor or Facebook, but data is lacking because there’s no single agency that tracks coyote attacks. California Department of Fish and Wildlife only keeps track of when the agency is called in to kill aggressive animals. And Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has a database of the number of county residents who received rabies shots for coyote bites. In 2012, three people got shots. That number jumped to 16 in 2016, but fell to 5 in 2017.

But anecdotally, public health experts say coyotes appear to be getting more aggressive.

“The way they’re interacting with people is just not the way we used to see things occurring,” Karen Ehnert, the chief veterinarian for county public health, told KPCC in May 2016. She said before, it seemed like coyote attacks on people happened when a coyote was going after a pet, and the person intervened to try to save the pet.

“Now we have people being attacked, and there’s no pet around. There’s no food. There’s really no reason for the coyote to attack the human. So it’s disturbing.”

So, what to do if you are stalked by a coyote, or one is eyeing your dog on a walk?

Experts say to try to frighten it away: get big, make a lot of noise, and throw rocks at it. Do this even if it isn’t stalking you, because this helps reinstall a fear of humans in coyotes that may have lost it. If it attacks you – which is very rare – don’t be afraid to fight back.

This story has been updated to clarify who California Department of Fish and Wildlife is working with to trap and kill coyotes.

source:  https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/03/15/81707/what-happens-when-a-coyote-bites-a-person/

 

 

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Coyote Chases Joggers, Dogs on Crystal Cove Trail

October 16, 2014 by Coyotes In Orange County 1 Comment

Coyote Chases Joggers, Dogs on Crystal Cove Trail

Coyote Chases Joggers, Dogs on Crystal Cove Trail

posted: October 15th, 2014 01:29 pm |

A woman and her daughter said a coyote chased them and their dogs for a quarter mile on a Crystal Cove State Park trail early Tuesday evening.

“It was crazy,” said Lisa Goon, a former Corona del Mar resident who now lives in the Port Streets. “It would not leave us alone. It was surreal.”

The incident occurred about 6 p.m., when Lisa and her daughter, Maddy, 18, decided to go for a run with their two dogs. They started running at the beginning of a trail near Pelican Point Drive, each with a dog on a 5-foot-long leash.

“Maddy is a faster runner, so she ran down the ramp and was going to wait by the bathrooms,” Lisa said. “All of a sudden I heard panicked screaming, and I saw someone’s arms flailing above the brush.”

Lisa said she ran with her dog, Bode, toward her daughter. Meanwhile, she said, Maddy said she was running with her 22-pound dog, Chloe, when the dog suddenly stopped, then pulled away from Maddy’s grasp.

According to Lisa, a coyote that looked like a big German shepherd was in the path and appeared to be about to pounce on the dog. Maddy lunged to grab the leash, scraping her knees, coming within a foot or two of the coyote. Then she and the dog turned and ran.

Lisa said she ran toward them and maneuvered herself and her larger dog between the coyote and her daughter, but the coyote continued toward them.

“I raised my arms and roared,” she said. “It stopped, but it didn’t scare it away.”

She told her daughter to pick up the smaller dog and run.

“The coyote was interested in getting to that dog,” she said. “I stood there and roared at the coyote.”

Then she began backing slowly away, up the trail for about a quarter mile, with the coyote following her a few feet away.

“I wasn’t turning my back on it,” she said. When she reached East Coast Highway, she said, the coyote finally turned and left them alone.

“I have run that trail a million times,” Lisa said. “I’ve seen bobcats but never anything like this.”

It was close to dusk but still light outside, Lisa said.

Coyotes tend to show themselves at that time of day, said Valerie Schomburg, a Newport Beach Police Department Animal Control officer.

Online police logs show a report of a “vicious animal loose” at East Coats Highway and Los Trancos about 6:39 p.m. Lisa and Maddy drove home but did not immediately report the coyote to police, and details were not available about the later animal sighting.

Lisa said her daughter showed incredible bravery.

“Her fight really kicked in, not her flight,” she said. “It was seriously scary, and she is seriously brave.”

A Crystal Cove State Park superintendent did not immediately return a call seeking comment for this story.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Goon, showing Maddy with Chloe when the dog was a puppy

original article:

http://www.coronadelmartoday.com/45814/home/coyote-chases-joggers-dogs-on-crystal-cove-trail/

Filed Under: Orange County, What's Up

Huntington Beach petition

October 11, 2014 by Coyotes In Orange County 3 Comments

Huntington Beach petition

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After the second attack, homeowner Samantha Kelley,  goes door to door getting signatures for action to be taken in the Coyote Issue in Huntington Beach.   This is not the first time this homeowner has gone door to door, this has happened before.      This last incident going into the $10,000 range in vet bills.

Many people in this area have had their pets killed.  A year ago,  Sept. 2013, the news covered the story of another homeowner in this area whose dog was attacked.   Momo, a miniature pincher, underwent surgery at the hospital for at least two-dozen bites, located primarily around her stomach.

Kiki, Samantha’s beloved dog, was not that lucky.   December of 2010, a Coyote jumped into their yard killing Kiki.

Now, a second time, she was having to watch in horror another loved family member fight for its life after being mutilated by a coyote.    Lucy, the most recent dog attacked was not out running the streets.   She was not even out in the backyard unattended.   She was escorted out by the her owners.   The coyote lay in wait, and before their eyes, grabbed the dogs out from the shadows and shrubbery.   Risking himself, the owner tried to scare the coyote away.  The coyote did not scare easy, but the homeowner did  not backdown as he had to get the coyote away to save the life of his dog.   Thank goodness he was not harmed and Lucy survived.

Please support Samantha.

Below is the petition requesting the City of Huntington Beach to respond and take action.

 

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Photos of Kiki and Lucy

 

 

 

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Filed Under: Attacks, Huntington Beach, Orange County, What's Up, Petition

Live data finally here!

August 5, 2014 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

Live data finally here!

Finally, I have the data viewable live that gets entered into the Wild Animal Tracking System.

Thank you for those that have taken the time to enter this information, without you,  people in your city could not see what is happening.   I also want to say a special thanks to those that take the time to enter this information after losing a pet,  I know this is a difficult time for you and thank for doing this for your community.

Please remember to spread the word about our site,  without community activity we could not be able to  provide this information.

City specific groups that need a report specific to certain zip codes,  contact me directly via the Contact Form and I will get you those reports.

If you get any error messages after this post, please be aware that there will be a lot of people looking at this information and to try again.   Any issues with the site,  let me know.

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One day I was a lady who lost a cat,  (actually two because the other died from trauma of watching it) , and I had a vision to let people know coyotes exist.  After so much frustration, calling agency after agency, talking to neighbors and people I ran into, I put this site out to get the word out.  Now, I’m not alone,  You are not alone!   Together we can get this information in one place!  Now, thanks to all of you, hundreds of people visit this site.    Hundreds of hours later, we finally have this data available live!

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Toddler attacked by Coyote, OC Cemetery

July 24, 2013 by Coyotes In Orange County 1 Comment

Toddler attacked by Coyote,  OC Cemetery

Coyote Bites, Drags 2-Year-Old Girl at Orange County Cemetery

The girl was with her mother when the animal bit her twice and tried to drag her into nearby bushes.

By Willian Avila and Vikki Vargas

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Coyote-Bites-Drags-Toddler-at-OC-Cemetery-216600781.html

|  Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013  |  Updated 10:44 PM PDTVikki Vargas

OC Toddler Attacked by Coyote

View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com.

 

A two-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote when she and her mother where visiting her grandmother’s grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cyprus. State Fish and Wildlife wardens have called the attack a public safety issue. The young girl is recovering at home. Vikki Vargas reports from Long Beach for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on July 23, 2013.

A 2-year-old girl was recovering Tuesday after being bitten and nearly dragged away by a coyote at a Cypress cemetery.

The attack happened while the toddler was on a visit with her family at Forest Lawn Memorial Park at 4471 Lincoln Ave. about 3:15 p.m. July 18, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

The girl was with her mother when the animal bit her twice, as shown in the photo below, and tried to drag her away before her mother intervened.

“The image of her being dragged over headstones, helplessly grabbing the ground – all I knew is, I had to get her. I had to save her. I didn’t want her to be taken into the bushes,” mother Michelle Luper said.

Luper described a tug-of-war between she and the wild animal.

“When I screamed, the coyote let go and started growing at me, so I just grabbed her and tried to put distance between us,” Luper said.

Clarissa was taken to the hospital, where she was treated for rabies. She has two rabies treatments left to undergo.

“If there was not someone there to rescue this girl, the coyote may have succeeded in dragging her off,” said Mark Michilizzi, a Fish and Wildlife warden.

Michilizzi said coyote attacks on people are rare, but they when happen “it’s a serious issue.”

Fish and Wildlife officers killed three coyotes near where the attack took place, hoping to warn any other coyotes roaming the property.

“Even if we’re not getting the right one, they’re very smart animals,” Assistant Chief Dan Sforza, with Fish and Wildlife said.

“Once we’re out there and we’re taking one out of the pack, they aren’t a problem anymore. They’re quick learners.”

It was believed that one of the three coyotes killed was the one that attacked the girl. Michilizzi said the clothes the girl was wearing were collected to see if DNA matches a sample that will be taken from the coyotes.

The coyotes tested negative for rabies.

The cemetery has since put up signs warning about coyotes in the area and set up traps throughout the sprawling 100-acre memorial park. Still, officials say it’s difficult to corral wild animals searching for food and natural habitat.

 

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Forest Lawn Cemetery Attack

 

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