[spunkets]

" Coyotes have also been known to hunt children. I read of one scenario in which a homeowner fended off a coyote who was attacking her child in the backyard one afternoon. A well known characteristic of coyotes is their ability to 'lock in' on a target. Well, in the case of the homeowner, for the next couple of weeks the coyote kept coming back at the exact same time every day looking for the kid."

The story is false. Coyotes and wolves never attack children, or man unless they are laid out dead, or near death. They will watch you from afar and go pee where you stood after you are gone, but they never attack.

[Terriergal]

Coyotes and wolves never attack children, or man unless they are laid out dead,

Actually, *that* isn't true. I read a few stories just last year about urban coyotes stalking toddlers in their backyards.

[Tench_Coxe]

Actually, that story was printed in an NRA publication. I tend to believe its veracity.

[Mackey]

The story is false. Coyotes and wolves never attack children, or man unless they are laid out dead, or near death.

Child bitten by coyote in yard
San Diego Union-Tribune
July 18, 2001

A coyote bit a 3-year-old boy in the right leg as the child played in his family's yard, authorities said yesterday.

Kaushik Saikumar was attacked around 8:15 p.m. Monday. He was treated at a hospital for a puncture wound and rabies prevention therapy before being released, said Irvine police.

The boy was playing in his yard when he was bitten. The boy screamed and his father distracted the coyote by throwing his shoe at it, allowing him to grab the boy.

Officers located the coyote, which continued to be aggressive, and shot it. The coyote's carcass was taken to the Orange County Animal Shelter for rabies testing.

[SauronOfMordor]

Coyotes and wolves never attack children, or man unless they are laid out dead, or near death.

Wolf attacks on humans excerpt:

Algonquin Provincial Park is one of several areas where people are encouraged to "howl" at the wolves in hopes of a response from the wild wolves in the area. In August, 1996, the Delventhal family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were spending a nine-day family vacation in Algonquin and joined a group of Scouts in "howling" at the wolves. They were answered by a solitary wolf.

That night the Delventhals decided to sleep out under the stars. Young Zachariah was dreaming when he suddenly felt excruciating pain in his face. A lone wolf had bit him in the face and was dragging him from his sleeping bag. Zach screamed and Tracy, Zach's mother, raced to his side and picked him up, saturating her thermal shirt with blood from Zach's wounds.

The wolf stood menacingly less than a yard away. Tracy yelled at her husband, Thom, who leapt from his sleeping bag and charged the wolf. The wolf retreated and then charged at Tracy and Zach. The charges were repeated. Finally the wolf left.

Thom turned a flashlight on the 11-year-old Zach and gasped "Oh my God!" The boy's face had been ripped open. His nose was crushed. Parts of his mouth and right cheek were torn and dangling. Blood gushed from puncture wounds below his eyes, and the lower part of his right ear was missing. Zach was taken to a hospital in Toronto where a plastic surgeon performed four hours of reconstructive surgery. Zach received more than 80 stitches in his face.

Canadian officials baited the Delventhals campsite and captured and destroyed a 60-pound male wolf. No further attacks have occurred since. (Cook, Kathy; "Night of the Wolf" READERS DIGEST, July 1997, p. pp. 114-119)

also Wolf Killed After Attack On Alaska Boy

[MacDorcha]

you seem to be thinking of vultures....