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Coyote attacks are events where coyotes attack humans. While these attacks are uncommon and rarely cause serious injuries, they have been increasing in frequency, especially in California . Although media reports generally identify the animals as simply "coyotes", some attackers in northeast North America may be hybrids known as coywolves .
DARTMOUTH — In the past 25 years, there have been only about 40 confirmed cases of coyotes attacking humans, according to MassWildlife biologist Stephen Wright, who spoke at Dartmouth Town Hall ...
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 ...
Everything to know about coyote attacks. “I had the window down and the coyote came running at the car,” said a Stoughton resident. Everything to know about coyote attacks.
Wildlife officials are hunting coyotes in an area of southeast central Colorado after they say one attacked a 4-year-old girl on Thanksgiving Day. The attack took place during the late afternoon ...
A sign discouraging people from feeding coyotes, which can lead to them habituating themselves to human presence, thus increasing the likelihood of attacks. Coyote attacks on humans are uncommon and rarely cause serious injuries, due to the relatively small size of the coyote, but have been increasingly frequent, especially in California. By ...
"Like most wildlife, coyotes are naturally afraid of humans but they can lose that fear and become bold and aggressive if they are protecting their young, being fed or are sick," the agency said.
This is a list of large carnivores known to prey on humans. The order Carnivora consists of numerous mammal species specialized in eating flesh. This list does not include animal attacks on humans by domesticated species (dogs), or animals held in zoos, aquaria, circuses, private homes or other non-natural settings.