Posted on 07/23/2013 10:04:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 2-year-old girl is recovering after she was bitten and dragged by a coyote at a Southern California cemetery.
The Orange County Register reports Klarissa Barrera, of Long Beach, was given a rabies shot and treated for a 2 1/2-inch gash on her calf.
She was attacked 10 feet from her mother Thursday as the family visited a relative's grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress.
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I love the way he *sniffs* the offering first to see if he will like it ... ‘coons can’t resist sweets.
You are a very bad girl......still hate those vermin..LOL
I wonder if the cats kill the mice et al that the snakes live upon more efficiently than the snakes do, so the snakes relocate.
I wonder if the cats kill the mice et al that the snakes live upon more efficiently than the snakes do, so the snakes relocate.
it’s amusing
“Never” is a strong word. Coyotes do not generally confront as they are cowardly in nature. If they are going after people it’s because:
A-They’re rabid.
B-They’ve lost their fear of humans so no longer associate danger with them.
One tidbit from here in Texas is that the rural coyote population seems to be in decline. However, the suburban coyote population is booming as it seems that major parts of the formerly rural coyote population is moving toward large population centers. Coyotes are scavengers first and foremost so the veritable bounty of the suburbs is drawing them in and into more direct confrontation with humans. Vast garbage dumps, everyone’s back alley littered with plastic bags on trash day, so on. It’s easy to make a living there when compared to chasing down rats and rabbits out in a pasture somewhere.
Coyotes and Raccoons are sometimes better mothers than humans.
What is not amusing is all the city folk who think that coons are cute cuddly little things. They are nasty, germ ridden vermin and eat everything in sight. I kill them on site.
Ask our Governor. He shot one while jogging a few years ago.
Yes. Cats actually kill very few snakes.
Here in central and west Texas there are more coyotes than you can shake a stick at.
I’ve seen coyotes between the active runways at LAX! Lots of rabbits there.
If it weren't for coyotes, we'd still have dinosaurs.
Every time you don't get eaten by a T. Rex or mob of velociraptors, thank a coyote...
So did this ‘yote sneak up completely unnoticed and grab the kid? Or maybe the family thought it was cute and let it get too close. In SoCal, I suspect the latter.
I wonder is some in that suburban neighborhood see coyotes as "doggies" and feed them.
Blue helmets, too; that's why they are illegal in about seventeen states! < /sarc >
Cats and snakes hunt for the same food. More cats = less snakes.
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