Coyote Attack In Dallas Leaves Child In Critical Condition
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 6 months ago
On May 3rd, in the Lake Highlands neighborhood of the Dallas metroplex, a coyote attacked a two year old toddler on the front porch. It was about 8:30 a.m., according to AP. From Fox4kdfw:
DALLAS – A 2-year-old child is in critical condition at the hospital after being attacked by a coyote in Dallas.
Police said it happened around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in the Lake Highlands area while the child was sitting on the front porch of a home on Royalpine Drive, which is not far from White Rock Creek.
Another coyote attack on a toddler had happened a week earlier in Huntington Beach, California.
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As coyotes have increased in population and adapted to urban areas, coyote attacks have increased. In one research paper 142 incidents were recorded from 1960 to 2006. In overlapping research, 367 incidents were recorded from 1977 to 2015.
When most people were armed, and considered coyotes a pest, coyotes learned to be wary of humans. In urban areas, many people consider coyotes to be closer to Disney characters. Some people value coyotes highly.
Coyotes are not sweet. They are not nice. They are not friendly. They are not your friend. They don’t want to be your buddy. They attack children and pets.
Don’t be an enviro-whacko. Kill them if you or your family or beasts are in danger. Make a rug out of their fur.
Make a discipline of carrying a firearm. Have no mercy on them. They won’t with you.
On May 11, 2022 at 10:05 pm, Fred said:
“Coyotes are not sweet. They are not nice. They are not friendly. They are not your friend. They don’t want to be your buddy.” And they are not even coyote; they are part wolf and dog mixed in.
Shot on sight. That should be SOP.
On May 11, 2022 at 10:07 pm, Fred said:
Oh, I just noticed who the author is, I hope he starts tracking coyote attacks like he does bear.
On May 11, 2022 at 10:11 pm, Brad said:
I use to have the same duck blind for a long time on the Colusa Gridley Hiway. NorCal. Late in the morning one day I was walking down the check back to the truck and jumped a Coyote out of the brush. Early in the season they love hanging out and chasing crip duck and eating them. An easy food source. After Thanksgiving the Bald Eagles show up and do the same. We use to eagerly await the arrival of the Bald Eagles. Mangy Coyotes, not so much. Anyway I jumped him at about 25 yards. !2 gauge #6 dispatched is ass quickly. Ole Bud the whacked Chesapeake Bay retrieved him for me. I went from shocked to laughing my butt off in a heart beat. Dang I miss that dog. Coyotes are no fun in a pack.
On May 11, 2022 at 10:36 pm, Elmo said:
Coyotes are wild dogs.
Figure out the consequences of wild dogs interacting with human beings, then keep your loaded revolver handy.
End of story. Good night.
On May 12, 2022 at 6:53 am, Dov said:
We had a pack of coyotes take down a large draft horse here in northern Maine a few years ago at a friend’s ranch. They even tried to eat it while the owner was burying it with a tractor, even when he was smashing them with the tractor.
We don’t have any problems at our place within our boundaries because we have 6 Ovcharkas, all weighing as much as a man, and they don’t like coyotes at all. That plus our draft horses smash them if they get aggressive, as does our bull. It is quite entertaining to watch.
On May 12, 2022 at 1:05 pm, J said:
Down here in the south we use a pair of donkeys to protect calves.