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Coyotes usually attack smaller-sized dogs, but they have been known to attack even large, powerful breeds such as the Rottweiler in exceptional cases. [205] Dogs larger than coyotes, such as greyhounds, are generally able to drive them off and have been known to kill coyotes. [206] Smaller breeds are more likely to suffer injury or death. [188]
Aside from the combinations of coyotes and eastern wolves making up most of the modern day eastern coyote's gene pools, some of the coyotes in the northeastern United States have mild domestic dog (C. lupus familiaris) and western Great Plains gray wolf (C. l. nubilus) influences in their gene pool. This suggests that the eastern coyote is ...
Coyotes have been known to attack pets, such as small dogs and house cats, according to the state’s Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
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 ...
Of 379 wild canid skulls taken in Ohio from 1982 to 1988, 10 (2.6%) were found to be coydogs. It was noted that "The incidence of coydog hybrids was high only in areas of expanding, widely dispersed coyote populations". [9] In a study of coyote–dog encounters in the wild, hostile and playful encounters were seen in about equal proportions. [10]
Video posted on Facebook shows Snipe rushing toward the dog before he came face-to-face with the wild animal. “The coyote jumped on ... about the attack, DHEC directed McClatchy News to a news ...
The woman then attacked the coyote, but it returned to attack the dog three times. Then, the male dog managed to slip its collar and chase the coyote. The woman began rabies treatments. [195] On January 31, 2017, three coyotes attacked a man who took his dog for a walk in Alliston, Ontario. The man's dog was able to fend off the coyotes.
A Simi Valley homeowner defended his pet Chihuahua being attacked by a coyote that entered through the dog door, police say.