[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.

[Terriergal]

That poor kid! How awful.

[spunkets]

"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.

It's hard to believe urban cops located and cornered a coyote at all, unless the animal was insane. What was the result of the rabies test?