Posted on 05/08/2008 6:40:46 PM PDT by kingattax
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. — A coyote grabbed a 2-year-old girl by the head and tried to drag her from the front yard of her mountain home in the third incident of a coyote threatening a small child in Southern California in five days, authorities said.
The coyote attacked the girl around noon Tuesday when her mother, Melissa Rowley, went inside the home for a moment to put away a camera, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in an incident report.
Rowley came out of the house and saw the coyote dragging her daughter towards a street. She ran towards her daughter, and the animal released the girl and ran away, said sheriff's spokeswoman Arden Wiltshire.
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Ha...to my DIL’s horror I had the grandkids drink out of our best crystal glasses....taught them how to make them sing.....she was lazy and wouldn’t say NO, or teach them rules.....so...SHE didn’t trust her own kids. I had rules, and was able to take risks with them, because I trusted that they would follow MY rules...and they did.
Ah, you understand :’)
Coyotes are not listed as threatened or endangered under the Federal ESA. However, States may have their own protection mechanisms.
Completely untrue.
Useful with canines but absolutely critical if dealing with a mountain lion. They like to close from behind and people have kept them away by staring at them. In one case, the person turned their head away and the mountain lion moved a lot closer by they turned their head back to look at it again.
10 California Wildlife officers with .222's should about fix the problem..... or 3 high school boys from Texas.
a lot of dead cats. But a good thought none the less.
You are likely correct.
The story said the attack occurred mid-day. It is somewhat unusual to spot a healthy coyote except in the early to mid morning or near dusk. Same goes for skunks and possums. If you see one during broad daylight, something is likely amiss - and it is also a symptom of rabies in these animals.
Mine is only about 70 pounds but she's not letting anybody near the kids. She hasn't attacked anybody, but the UPS, Fed EX and all the pizza guys leave in a hurry when she's just sitting at the door smiling and cocking her head to one side...... that's after she sounds like she's going to eat through the door.hahahahhahahahhaa.
Coyote hunting is allowed in California and here is a webpage to tell you all about it.
http://www.varmintal.com/ahunt.htm
I have been wanting to buy one for some time."
It's a great round and hollow point .22WMR's are very effective on coyotes...and also very illegal for that purpose in California because they are a rimfire round.
In my experience, a 30-06 is too powerful for coyote control on small farms, but I have dispatched many with an old 45-70. The slow-moving round will obliterate a coyote and won't keep going for miles if you should happen to miss.
Not in every state.
Yep people do that in Arkansas and Missouri. Just like crows on the fence hanging DEAD.
Yup
Hey, as Grandpa said, “Heaven needs cats, too.”
I know....8-O
The *first* local lion sighting near here was up on Sideling Hill.
A hunter was squatted near a stream, waiting for deer and he kept feeling like something was watching him.
He slowly started looking all around him and saw nothing...until he looked *behind* him.
Crouched upon a low tree branch above/behind him was a mountain lion, watching him.
I suppose that if he had not been possessed of a fairly keen “woods sense”, we never would have heard about the lion...or from him, again.
It was after that the DNR began their intense “there are NO mountain lions here!” campaign and the guy was dismissed [by most] as a kook.
Prior to the coming of the bears and coyotes, I only kept a token .22 rifle on my ATV when riding the mountain.
I’ve since upgraded to a 30.30 Winchester lever action.
[I’d take the AR-15 *if* it would fit in the ATV rifle rack]...:))
Excellent choice of rifle.
Actually, California maintains a 12 month open season on the varmints. Of course you have to have a hunting license to shoo them, but in this case I don't think a license is a requirement for shooting one.
Coyotes will often attempt to engage family dogs in “play” to lure them out of yards where the pack then kills them.
Some of the friendly breeds may not understand the difference between “friendly stray dog” and “wild dog who will eat me”.
After decades of Dobermans, I wound up with Ibizans who are a “primitive” breed and very pack-oriented....but only towards *their* pack.
All other dogs/canids are considered interlopers.
I know they've heard the coyotes, based on their behavior in the yard a few nights.
If it were deer they were hearing, they'd bounce around baying, wanting to give chase.
For the coyotes, they all stand at the back fence, listening, silently, with agitated postures and hackles up.
Regardless, I stay outside with them after dark until they're done, just in case.
Cindy...the child should not have been left alone PERIOD...fence or not...
It only takes seconds for an abduction by an adult...
Leaving a child alone outside isnt the same thing as leaving the child alone in the living room watching cartoons while you walk in the kitchen to make them lunch...
Needless to say...I bet she will never leave her child alone outside again if she has any intelligence as a parent...
My kids range in age from 6 to 18...
I can honestly say we’ve had a couple a freak out moments as well...I thought she was watching..she thought I was watching....everything was OK...but for a few seconds....pure panic...
I dont EVER want to feel like that again....the sence of dread is unbearable..
Lesson learned....
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