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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

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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coyote attack, Two women bitten by coyotes in Palm Desert

June 28, 2012 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

Palm Desert woman bitten by coyote: Amy Williams, 69, was taking her daily, early morning walk Sunday June 24, 2012 in Sun City Palm Desert when she felt something hit against her leg. The last thing she expected to see when she turned was a coyote.

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Amy Williams, 69,was taking her daily walk in Sun City Palm Desert when he felt something hit against her leg. The last thing she expected to see was a coyote. She talks about the attck in her home, Monday June 25, 2012. Denise Goolsby, The Desert Sun.

Palm Desert – Two women have been bitten by coyotes in Sun City Palm Desert within the past week and a half, according to Riverside County Animal Services.

In the most recent attack, Amy Williams, 69, was taking her daily walk about 4:30 a.m. Sunday when she felt something hit against the back of her leg.

She turned around and standing behind her, in the dusky dark, was a coyote.

“I slapped my hands and I stepped back, but he didn’t run away,” she said. “He wasn’t afraid of me at all.”

Williams, 69, continued slapping her hands together while stepping away slowly.

“He just stayed there. I started walking away, and when I looked back over my shoulder he was still standing there.”

Her son took Williams to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, where she was treated and was given a rabies shot. She has to go back to get checked again Wednesday.

White gauze was wrapped around the wound on Williams’ right calf, securing a bandage that had been placed over the wound, which required stitches.

She said the bite didn’t hurt much, but she wondered why she didn’t hear the coyote approach.

“I’m still trying to figure out how he came up behind me,” she said.

She took a cane for protection on her walk this morning.

The other attack happened about 7 p.m. June 14. Another 69-year-old woman was bitten while she was pulling weeds from her flower bed, according to the community association’s website. She threw some rocks to try to frighten the animal, then went inside her home. She drove to urgent care where she was treated and released.

U.S. Department of Agriculture staff trapped a coyote from the June 14 attack. It was later humanely destroyed and transported to a lab, according to John Welsh, spokesman for Riverside County Animal Services.

A California Fish & Game warden shot and killed a coyote within the area where the victim was bitten Sunday.

Both coyotes – a male and a female – tested negative for rabies, said California Department of Fish & Game spokesman Andrew Hughan.

Fish & Game and Riverside County Animal Services officials say it is unusual for coyotes to bite a human.

Hughan said he’s never had a report of a coyote biting a human in his three years with the department.

Welsh said he hasn’t heard of a report in his six years as a county spokesman.

Coyotes tend to try and avoid contact with people.

However, residents near wilderness areas do often cross paths with so-called urban coyotes that seek easy food and water sources, such as what pet owners leave out for their dogs and cats.

Also, small animals are often targeted by urban coyotes.

The lack of winter rains may also see a rise in such sightings, state Fish & Game and Riverside County experts say.

Gwen Ganger and Diane Zaelke live on the golf course at Sun City Palm Desert, not far from Williams’ home.

“The coyotes come across Del Webb (Boulevard) and walk right across the patio and keep going,” Ganger said, pointing just outside a sliding glass door. “They’re bold.”

They’ve seen two, at different times, in the past week.

“They’re not bashful,” Zaelke said. “People don’t seem to bother them a bit.”

Written by  Denise Goolsby
The Desert Sun

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120625/NEWS08/120625010/Two-women-bitten-by-coyotes-Palm-Desert

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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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Speed of a coyote attack

November 13, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

Rottweiler saves chihuahua from coyote attack

 

 

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1905 – Coyotes In The News

October 10, 2011 by Coyotes In Orange County Leave a Comment

  1. NOW IN OKOLAHOMA WILDS

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    Pay-Per-View – The Sun – Apr 10, 1905

    I hear you have plenty of jack rabbits and coyotes here. I like my citizens, but dou’t. like them on acoyote hunt. Give me a fair show to have as much fun …

    NOW FOR BEAR AND MOUNTAIN LION.‎ Chicago Tribune (Pay-Per-View)
    all 24 news articles »

  2. TO EXTEND WOLF HUNT TWO DAYS

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    Pay-Per-View – Hartford Courant – Apr 12, 1905

    President Ttoosnvc.il has seen John Abernathy, well known wolf catcher, in his unique wny kill acoyote. Abernnthy’s favorite dog captured the . wolf In th …

    PRESIDENT CAPTURES COYOTE; Also with…‎ New York Times
    The President Happy.‎ Lewiston Daily Sun
    TEDDY KILLS RATTLER BY BLOW FROM QUIRT‎ Atlanta Constitution (Pay-Per-View)
    Spokesman-Review – The Sun
    all 20 news articles »

  3. ARRIVES IN OKLAHOMA.

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    New York Times – Apr 9, 1905

    I hear you have plenty of jack rabbits and coyotes here. I like my citizens, but don’t like them on a’coyote hunt. Give me a fair show to have as much fun …
  4. Riddance Of Coyote: Riddance Of Coyotes .

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    Paterson Daily Press – Oct 3, 1905

    The big jack rabbit for a short distance swifter than a coyote, … pas ture,” where President Roosevelthunt ed last spring, to test the ability of coyotes …

    Study Made Of Their Habits .‎ Youngstown Vindicator
    all 2 news articles »

  5. HUNTER AT WHITE HOUSE.; President Welcomes Man Who Captures…

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    New York Times – Nov 21, 1905

    … in the hunt which the President had last Spring on his Western trip. … When after a of six to eight i miles the coyote 1 tired out and run down by the …
  6. A REAL FOX AT NEWPORT.; Hunt Club Members Willing to Pay to…

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    New York Times – Aug 16, 1905

    The members of the Newport Hunt Club became alarmed here to-day over the report … but another member argued that it must have been a wolf or a coyote, …
  7. STRENUOUS SPORT.(2)

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    New York Times – Nov 4, 1905

    If it is morally right to kill an animal to eat its body, … The coyote was obviously tired, and Abernethy, with the aid of his perfectly trained horse, …
  8. John Abernethy, Wolf Hunter and President’s Friend

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    New York Times – Nov 26, 1905

    … in the President’s own story of the famous wolf hunt last April in the … His vay of catching, thecoyote that is so unlucky as to tay conclusions with …
  9. As the Red Man Saw Them.; RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL…

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    New York Times – Jan 21, 1905

    … and therefore all earth-born anl* am. is conspired to kill them. … who builds towns like the white men; of the coyote and the grizzly bear. …
  10. Game Is Growing Scarcer .

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    Spokesman-Review – Nov 27, 1905

    I have trapped some bear, mostly for training my dogs to hunt them. … But the wolf and tho coyoteare hard to get with a trap on ac count of their keen …

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