Coyote Tries for 5-Year-Old in Chicago Suburb
Coyote, Human Predation, Illinois

Category Archive 'Coyote'
28 Jan 2016
Boa vs. CoyoteBoa Constrictor, Coyote, Florida![]()
Though I’m not normally on any coyote’s side, I think the photographer ought to have intervened out of mammalian solidarity against that snake. 31 Mar 2015
Coyote Spotted on Roof of Bar in QueensCoyote, Natural History, New York City![]() New York Daily News: Coyote seen on roof of bar in Long Island City, Queens. Hat tip to Lisa Schiffren. 13 May 2008
Coyote Attacks StudiedCalifornia, Coyote, Human Predation, Los Angeles, Natural History![]() AP reports that the recent wave of coyote attacks on small children in the Greater Los Angeles is part of a larger pattern, and is now the subject of academic study.
It isn’t really terribly confusing, actually. Today’s America, in the West, frequently features the close proximity of Nature in the wild with dense urban areas. Nobody in California’s cities and suburbs has the old-fashioned 12 gauge shotgun propped up behind the kitchen door ready for invading predators. Without hunting pressure to make Western predators fearful of human beings, they will inevitably grow bolder over time and sooner or later incidents of human predation will occur. Hat tip to Frank Dobbs. 09 May 2008
Three Coyote Attacks on Toddlers in Greater LA This WeekCalifornia, Coyote, Human Predation, Los Angeles, Natural History![]() Fox News reports two more attacks on toddlers by opportunistic coyotes in the Los Angeles area in the same week as the prior Chino Hills park attack.
05 May 2008
Coyote Tries For ToddlerCalifornia, Coyote, Human Predation, Natural History![]()
06 Nov 2007
DNA Tests Show “Chupacabra” Really a CoyoteChupacabra, Coyote, Cryptozoology, DNA, Texas![]() BBC:
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