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Coyotes can also be very territorial and aggressive to people (or animals) that they don't know very well. It wouldn't be wise to have a coyote in a home with children or bring them around strangers.
Coyotes are losing their fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally or unintentionally feeding coyotes. [2] In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans—chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children.
While coyotes can kill pets and livestock, like goats or calves, they are generally not dangerous to humans. Usually weighing between 30-45 pounds, coyotes are most active from dusk to dawn.
An aggressive coyote attacked a child in a Texas city. While not common, this can happen during mating season. Texas coyote euthanized after biting 3 kids at a park.
A researcher studying the impact of coyotes in the city of Austin, Texas found that urban coyote management techniques, including steps to trap and remove coyotes who were exhibiting bold or aggressive behavior, as well as efforts to educate the public about not feeding the animals, had had a positive effect in lessening possible risk to humans or to pets. [14]
The Kelly Keen coyote attack is the only known fatal coyote attack on a child, as well as the only known fatal coyote attack on a human ever confirmed in the United States. On August 26, 1981, three-year-old Los Angeles resident Kelly Lynn Keen was dragged off her property and fatally wounded by an urban coyote before she could be rescued by ...
A coyote that attacked two people in Rhode Island last week has tested positive for rabies. Coyotes, like the one in this file photograph walking along a lawn in Newport, are a relatively common ...
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