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Toddler attacked by Coyote, OC Cemetery

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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

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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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Coyote attack, 8 year old girl attacked by coyote

May 2, 2012 by Coyotes In Orange County 1 Comment

Some people are still under the impression that coyotes do not attack people.   Below is another article.   

Julia Couto, 8, was attacked by a coyote Thursday afternoon while playing at the yard of neighbour.

“A fed coyote is a dead coyote”

COYOTE BITE VICTIM Julia Couto, 8, was attacked by a coyote Thursday afternoon while playing at the yard of neighbour.
ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE/Torstar News Service
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OAKVILLE Wildlife biologist John Pisapio has a good idea what would make a coyote jump a fence and nip the thigh of an 8-year-old girl, prompting Halton police to track it down and shoot the animal.

While he doesn’t want to comment directly on the Thursday afternoon incident in north Oakville because it remains under investigation, Pisapio says similar incidents have pointed to people feeding a coyote and making the animal lose its fear of humans.

“It’s an old adage, but it’s true,” the biologist for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources said Friday. “Don’t feed the coyotes – a fed coyote is a dead coyote.”

Julia Couto was making snow angels with a friend in the backyard of a Canonridge Circle home at about 4 p.m. Thursday when the coyote made its brazen introduction over a chest-high fence. The two girls ran towards the back patio doors, but the coyote gave chase and bit Couto on her right thigh. The girls quickly got inside.

Couto was wearing snow pants and her wound amounted to three small bites and bruising.

A neighbour helped police and Oakville Animal Control locate a coyote on a pathway behind the home and it was shot by an officer. The MNR gave approval for the shooting as police said the situation was a threat to public safety. The coyote was a female.

Coutu was to visit the local hospital for a rabies shot. Her mother Jenny Couto is thankful her daughter was wearing her snow pants.

Pisapio said contact between people and coyotes is “very rare, very unusual” but said it is not uncommon, particularly in urban areas where the animals are intentionally fed.

He explained that what occurs is that the coyote cannot necessarily distinguish between a food offering from their patron and everyone else in the neighbourhood.

“You get circumstances where coyotes may approach people and they are looking for that same handout,” he said. “They are looking for that same treatment from everyone and when that offering doesn’t come, sometimes they can be aggressive and push a little bit.”

Coyotes and people have been bumping up against each other in the Hamilton-Halton area for the last few years. Apart from Julia Couto’s bite, two small dogs were attacked in the last week in the same neighbourhood. One of the pets died.

A letter last week was sent to parents of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Elementary School on Westoak Trails Boulevard describing a coyote lockdown on Jan. 11. A coyote was seen prowling the schoolyard and a decision was made to keep students inside during the lunch hour.

Elsewhere, residents have complained about the growing presence of coyotes in Dundas, east Hamilton and the beach strip.

Pisapio said the ministry does not track coyotes so he cannot estimate the animal’s population in Ontario, but said they are highly adaptable, eat just about anything and have a “very robust reproductive biology,” which means they can increase and replace their numbers quickly.

“The reality is that they have been known to be part of the urban landscape for decades and they’re here to stay,” he said. “The key for us to focus on there is how to avoid conflicts.”

dnolan@thespec.com

905-526-3351 | @dandundas

With files from Torstar News Service

article from:   http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/658471–a-fed-coyote-is-a-dead-coyote

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The Elephant Sanctuary Mourns Loss of Bella the Dog

November 14, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

The Elephant Sanctuary Mourns Loss of Bella the Dog

Photo © The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee announced the passing of Bella, the canine half of one of the world’s most famous animal odd couples, on Wednesday.

The devoted relationship between Bella and Tarra, an elephant, warmed the hearts of nearly everyone who heard their story. The unlikely duo seemed to strike a chord, reminding us of the importance of loving one other, despite our differences.

After thorough examination, it was concluded Bella was killed by coyotes. Sanctuary caregivers think it likely Tarra discovered Bella’s body and carried her body to a spot the pair frequented.

Sanctuary CEO Rob Atkinson said, “I am convinced Tarra experienced the death of her friend that fateful night, brought her home and said her goodbyes. Tarra was a true friend to the end, and Tarra’s sisters and Caregivers will continue to take care of her, as she and Bella did each other.”

 

 

 

 

 

No Boundaries

Interspecies friendships that know no bounds.

By Corey Van’t Haaff

Prodigious Pal

Tarra is big. Really big. Over 8 feet tall and 8,700 pounds. Not very surprising, as she’s an Asian elephant.

Bella is small, about the height of Tarra’s knee. She’s a rescued dog living at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

What could two such different animals have in common? Apparently, quite a lot, as despite their differences, these two have formed an inseparable bond. Sanctuary founder Carol Buckley reports that the unlikely pair eat, drink, play, and sleep together. Bella enjoys resting in the shade cast by her bulky buddy. Tarra strokes the dog with her trunk, and Bella lies on her back so the elephant can rub her tummy with her giant foot. A popular clip on Youtube shows the two ambling side by side across some of the 2,700 open acres of the sanctuary.

When Bella was injured and confined to a bed indoors, Tarra held vigil outside, pressing her immense head against the fence nearby, waiting and watching for her missing friend. Finally, the patient was carried out so Tarra could see that Bella was mending. The reunion was such a success that it became a daily ritual until Bella was able to walk again.

Feline Friend

In the mid-eighties, when I had owned my German Wirehaired Pointer, Freda, for about a year, I thought I should get her some company. I chose a cat, a five-week old tabby named Omega who was far too young to be away from her mommy-cat. I was also young, so I muddled through the best I could, mashing wet cat food with canned milk, not something I would now recommend.

Freda had her own solution to this kitten problem: she developed a false pregnancy, and not only did she start producing milk, but she allowed Omega to nurse from her for many weeks. Although a bout of mastitis eventually put an end to the nursing, they continued to sleep together, and Freda would often have little scratches on her tummy where Omega would knead her with her paws as she fell asleep nestled up against her. The two also worked together. When I would thaw food on the counter, out of Freda’s reach, Omega would jump up and paw the food to the edge where it was easily accessed by my dog. The two of them formed a bond that would last their lifetimes, and many years later, when Freda died, it must have broken her buddy’s heart, because two weeks later, Omega also passed away.

Polar Playmate

In the harsh climate of the far north, “kill or be killed” is the rule for survival and the relationship between dogs and wild animals is usually one of predator and prey, with the dog sometimes as hunter and sometimes as the hunted. In one amazing incident, however, this scenario was set aside when a group of sled dogs in Canada’s Hudson Bay area made a new frosty friend; the entire exchange was captured by German wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing.

In the frozen tundra near Churchill, Manitoba, a team of sled dogs was tied up when a Polar Bear approached. Grabbing his camera to capture what he expected to be a fight to the death, Rosing instead chronicled the Huskies and the bear starting to play. Photographs show bear and dogs pawing, mouthing, and wrestling companionably together with no harm done to either party. The bear reportedly came back every night for a week to continue to play with the dogs. The photographs show no images of hostility, aggression, or even fear, but rather curiosity, kindness and a genuine interest in exploring the unfamiliar.

It should really come as no surprise to us that dogs have this ability to befriend so many different creatures. After all, they have been doing it with our species, human beings, for centuries. From them, we can learn acceptance, tolerance, openmindedness, and unquestioning love.

Like Gilda Radner said, dogs are the role models for being alive. We should follow their lead.

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2-year-old Colorado toddler attacked

October 17, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

Dad says 2-year-old recovering

as officials look for Broomfield coyote

By Jordan Steffen
The Denver Post
POSTED: 07/20/2011 09:17:31 AM MDT
UPDATED: 07/20/2011 12:32:56 PM MDT

 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials resumed the search this morning for the coyote that attacked a 2-year-old boy near Broomfield Monday night.

At 8:13 p.m., the boy was walking with his father and 9-month-old sister in the open space area in the northeast section of the Anthem subdivision, when a coyote pounced out of the tall grass.

The boy’s father told the Broomfield Enterprise that said small coyote emerged from tall grass adjacent to the trail and bit the boy on his back and buttocks.

The Broomfield Enterprise withheld the father’s name at his request.

“As soon as I saw (the coyote) I started yelling and stuff,” he said. “He still had time to knock my son over and bite him in the lower back area. (The coyote) then ran about 20 or 25 yards up the trail before turning around and looking at me before running off.”

The father immediately took his children home and drove his son to The Children’s Hospital urgent care center on Colo. 7. He said his son received a rabies vaccination and is recovering well from the incident.

While the incident certainly shook him, he doesn’t think it will sour his family’s love of the outdoors.

“We love being outside and we love wildlife, but obviously it was a little bit traumatic for me to see,” he said. ” So, I think right now my attitude has changed a little bit, but I think over time it will subside and go back to where it was, which was not overly concerned (about wildlife). I’m just glad it wasn’t worse.”

Jennifer Churchill, a spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said the coyote will be killed if officials can find it.

“There was a human injury, and any time wildlife injuries a human, it is a public safety issue,” she said.

If found, the coyote will be removed from the area and killed. Removing the adult animal will prevent its aggressive behavior from being passed down to younger coyotes, Churchill said.

Since 2007, there has been an increase of human injuries caused by coyotes, particularly in situations where the person was walking a dog during the attack.

If someone sees a coyote, it is important not to feed the animal, protect any pets and try to scare the coyote off, Churchill said.

Jordan Steffen: 303-954-1794 or jsteffen@denverpost.com

The Broomfield Enterprise contributed to this report.

 

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Kim PoseyFOX31 Denver5:48 p.m. MDT, July 21, 2011

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Wildlife officials say they caught a coyote in the same area where a 2-1/2 year old boy was attacked on Monday, July 18. The animal was put down by officers.

The boy continues to recover from bite wounds after being attacked by a coyote around 8:13 p.m. in an open space area in the northeast section of the Broomfield Anthem subdivision.

According to Broomfield Police, a man was walking on a path with his 2 ½ year old son and 9-month-old daughter when the coyote suddenly emerged from tall grass and bit the young boy on his “back and buttocks area,” knocking him to the ground.




“The boy screamed and the coyote ran back into the grass,” said Broomfield Police Sgt. H.R. Walts.

“As soon as I saw it, I started to run and yell and make noise,” said the boy’s father, who didn’t want to be identified. “It happened in a split second. He ran, knocked my son over, bit him, and kind of did like a growly noise and then ran off.”

The father took the boy to urgent care where he was treated for minor puncture wounds and given the first in a series of rabies shots.

“Physically, he’s fine,” the boy’s father said. “I don’t think he knew what hit him. He asked me if the Easter Bunny bit him.”

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for responding to incidents involving wildlife and human contact.

“Colorado Parks and Wildlife will continue its search for the animal and investigation into this matter,” Walts said. “If they locate the offending coyote it will be targeted for removal.”

“We do believe when there is an injury to a person by wildlife that is an animal we need to remove from the population,” said Jennifer Churchill with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

 

 
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Nanny Rips Baby Girl From Jaws of Coyote in California Sandbox

September 17, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

Nanny Rips Baby Girl From Jaws of Coyote in California Sandbox

Saturday, May 03, 2008

CHINO HILLS, Calif.  —  A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials said.

The girl was playing Friday in a sandbox at Alterra Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said.

The babysitter grabbed the child and pulled her from the coyote’s grasp, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.

The coyote then ran off into nearby brush.

The child suffered wounds to her buttocks and was taken to Chino Valley Medical Center and was later released, director of nursing Anne Marie Robertson said. She was later transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center to receive the rabies vaccine.

San Bernardino County Animal Control and the State Department of Fish and Game were searching for the animal, Wiltshire said.

Miller said there was another attack in the area in October when a coyote bit a 3-year-old girl playing in a cul-de-sac. The girl needed treatment for puncture wounds to the head and thigh, Miller said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354054,00.html


http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local&id=6123803

Dad of tot attacked by coyote speaks out

Monday, May 05, 2008
  By Rob McMillan

CHINO HILLS (KABC) — The father of a 2-year-old attacked by a coyote, and the babysitter that pulled the girl from the animal’s jaws, speak out about the terrifying animal encounter. The 2-year-old girl is doing well after the coyote attack last week. Meanwhile, a search by wildlife officials has turned up nothing.

Alterra Park is where the attack happened last Friday. The baby was playing in the sandbox when all of a sudden, a coyote came out from the brush alongside the park and attacked her. The park is closed until further notice. The child is going to be OK, thanks in large part to quick action by the babysitter who jumped in, pulled the toddler away from the coyote, rescuing her.

Three days after being attacked by a coyote near her home, toddler Madison Schuler is doing just fine.

“She’s doing well,” said Madison’s father, Matthew Schuler. “We’re actually en route to get another set of shots for rabies vaccine.”

On Friday, police say the little girl was playing outside when she was suddenly attacked by the coyote. The animal bit her three times, but her babysitter, Alejandra Morales, came to her rescue.

“The baby was playing, and then in once second, the coyote bit the baby,” said Morales. “Scary.”

The U.S. Fish and Game Dept. says coyotes are generally afraid of humans, but their behavior can be erratic.

Meantime, Madison’s father is glad to hear two animals were caught on Sunday.

“My wife actually received a call today saying they may have caught at least two coyotes, and one of them fits the description of being injured. So they may have the coyote but there’s no way to tell if it’s the same one that bit Madison,” said Matthew Schuler.

The family is hoping that authorities did catch the animal that attacked Madison.

Alterra Park is closed until further notice.

It’s worth pointing out that this isn’t the first attack in the area: Last October a 3-year-old was attacked by a coyote. That child is also OK.

Authorities tell people to keep their pets inside. If you happen to come across a coyote, generally they are afraid of humans. Make noise, the experts say, and do your best to scare the animal away.

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Chino Hills officials urge residents to learn the steps they should take to live safely near open space areas and wildlife.

  • Residents need to take steps to protect their children and small pets at all times, even in their own back yards, their front yards, and at all local parks.
  • Children and small pets should be supervised at all times and should not be left outside alone.
  • Pets should be fed inside if possible. Outdoor food and water dishes should be removed when pets finish their meals.
  • Residents should never leave water or food out for wildlife.
  • Trash cans should be covered and not over-filled so as not to attract animals scavenging for food.
  • If a resident sees a coyote, they should make loud noises, throw rocks, jump around, or spray the animal with a garden hose. Walkers may want to carry a stick and wave it if they encounter a coyote. Hikers, equestrians, and others who enjoy the City’s 38 miles of trails need to use extra precaution because most of the trails are surrounded by open space.

Residents should immediately contact the IVHS at (909) 623-9777 if they encounter a wild animal that behaves aggressively, appears sick, or exhibits unusual behavior. After hours or weekend sightings of unusual wild animal behavior should be reported to Chino Hills Police / Sheriff’s Dispatch by calling (909) 465-6638.

 

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September 16, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

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