Posted on 05/05/2008 11:23:18 AM PDT by kingattax
CHINO HILLS, Calif. — A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials said.
The girl was playing Friday in a sandbox at Alterra Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said.
The babysitter grabbed the child and pulled her from the coyote's grasp, the sheriff's department said in a statement.
The coyote then ran off into nearby brush.
The child suffered wounds to her buttocks and was taken to Chino Valley Medical Center and was later released, director of nursing Anne Marie Robertson said. She was later transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center to receive the rabies vaccine.
San Bernardino County Animal Control and the State Department of Fish and Game were searching for the animal, Wiltshire said.
Miller said there was another attack in the area in October when a coyote bit a 3-year-old girl playing in a cul-de-sac. The girl needed treatment for puncture wounds to the head and thigh, Miller said.
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what’s your best guess about how many coyotes it would take to drag rosie o’donut off ?
That little girl should get rabies shots. It seems unusual for a single coyote to attack a human in a populated area. The coyotes in the woods behind my home are pretty skittish when they see humans.
Every kid should have one of these...
I'm pretty much at a loss to explain it, other than powerful herding and protection instincts, but my Timber, who died last summer, had a general affinity for children and would protect them passionately from any perceived threat, even against the worst odds. I suspect a coyote would've had a pretty hard tiem getting near a kid with him around.
Arnold SchwarzeNanny?
"You want us on the endangered species list overnight, pal?"
He’s in my yard. We don’t have a coyote within five miles anymore.
My first few months at my present country home saw me shoot 6 or so coyotes scoping out the back yard where my children and dog would play. After leaving the carcasses laying back by the woods when shot, they quit hanging around.
Sorry to hear that.
Hate to see them go.
I always get a new one, after a respectful interlude.
I still have a younger one that I rescued from the NO area after Katrina...he’s a great dog in his own right, but I’ve been around dogs my whole life, mostly GSDs, and I can honestly say that Timber was a once in a lifetime dog.
“...and global-warming (aka climate change).”
In the Seattle area there have been a few bear sightings in neighborhoods to the east. And it IS due to the weather. They are waking up to TOO MUCH snow and are moving downhill (and into the subdivisions) looking for food.
You dog was very beautiful...You must miss him greatly.
The german shepard is called the prince of dogs for a reason.
It’s been my privilege to have had two once in a lifetime dogs. You never know.
That nanny would have a job for life if that were my baby!
It’s hard to fill a 115 pound hole in your life.
lol
Yes I know. I raised dobersmans for many years & still miss those dogs. Timber must have been a wonderful dog. I am very sorry for your loss of him. It took me a long time to stop feeling sad over my dogs. I still cry when I look at pictures & its been over 10 years for one of them & 12 for the other. Pandy
If there were wolves around, there wouldn't be a coyote problem. Just wait a few years.
Political correctness run amok.Our spineless, gutless politicians have given more rights to the coyote then to citizens. Time to have a “coyote hunt!”
That’s a real bite in the A$$.
Glad the kid is ok..
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