Similar Attacks
USDA and California State University researchers have confirmed at least thirty-five incidents in the state in which “the possibility of serious or fatal injury seems likely if the child had not been rescued” from coyotes, including the following sample of confirmed coyote attacks on children:
- In August, 1979, in La Verne, CA, a coyote attacked a 5-year-old girl. Her father and a neighbor saved the child from being dragged off, but not before she had suffered deep bites on neck, head, and legs.
- In July, 1980, in Agoura Hills, CA, a coyote grabbed a 13-month-old baby by the midsection and started dragging her off. The baby suffered puncture wounds but was saved by her mother.
- In June, 1996, in Los Altos, CA, a coyote grabbed a 3-year-old boy’s head and hand and began dragging him toward some bushes before he was saved by his 15-year-old brother.
- In December, 2001, in San Gabriel, CA, a coyote bit 3-year-old girl in the head, grabbed her shoulder and started to drag her away, but was chased off by her father.
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