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BOULDER 4/16/2006 A 7-year-old boy hiking with his family was attacked Saturday by a cougar, officials said. The cat was later killed by a wildlife officer.
The mountain lion bit the boys head or jaw, and the child also suffered puncture wounds or scrapes on his legs, likely from the animals claws, Division of Wildlife spokesman Tyler Baskfield said.
The boy, whose name was not released, was apparently the last in a single-file line of seven other people taking a short hike at a scenic area of Flagstaff Mountain, Baskfield said.
The father turned and saw the cat had a hold of the young boy, he said. The group began screaming at the cat and throwing rocks and was able to free the boy, he said.
The group was 50 yards from a parking lot when the cat attacked, Baskfield said.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Theo Emery
THE NEW YORK TIMES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Game wardens in a remote Tennessee forest set traps baited with doughnuts and sardines yesterday to lure a bear that attacked an Ohio family, killing a 6-year-old girl and mauling her mother and 2-year-old brother, authorities said.
The adult black bear, estimated at 350 to 400 pounds, attacked the mother and her children Thursday afternoon at a waterfall in Cherokee National Forest. The children had been playing in a pool at the base of the falls, about a mile up a trail from where they had parked, said Dan Hicks, a spokesman for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Luke suffered a bite wound that punctured his skull, while his mother had eight puncture wounds to the neck and too many claw and tooth injuries to count elsewhere on her body, doctors said.
Coyote sightings abound By John Roszkowski, Marlene Hunt and Irv Leavitt
STAFF WRITERS
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]Gayle O'Connor was horrified when her miniature schnauzer, Molly, came wandering slowly back to the house from the back yard of her property two weeks ago, covered in blood and bite marks suffered in a coyote attack.
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[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif] "There for a while we'd get a call once a week about coyotes running through yards or laying on a driveway. We tell people to avoid them and not confront them. If you see them, don't feed them, watch your small animals and pets."[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]State and county animal control officials say coyotes generally are not a threat to humans, and most problems can be avoided by taking simple precautions.
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[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]n a nine-county region of northeastern Illinois, 267 coyotes were captured in 2004. In most of the cases, coyotes were captured because of attacks on domestic pets. [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]Jennifer Filipiak, an animal control officer for the Lake County Forest Preserve District, said coyotes can pose a threat to pets if people aren't careful. Filipiak said coyotes view cats as prey and dogs as potential competitors.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]"We have coyotes living in downtown Chicago," she said. "It just doesn't work."
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The asSOCIATED press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.20.2006.SCOTTSDALE - Spurred by the lengthy drought, coyotes are showing up in condos, shopping malls, golf courses and neighborhoods, causing some concern among Arizonans.
In Paradise Valley, there have been 10 recent sightings. And there's not much anyone can do about it, said Chief John Wintersteen of the Paradise Valley Police Department. Wintersteen organized a coyote awareness meeting last month.
"We see them almost every day or every other day," said Bob Rempp, a Paradise Valley resident.
"Some of our neighbors have had pet problems, with a dog being killed or a cat being killed," he said.
While pets may turn up dead or missing, coyote attacks on humans are rare. Just eight have been reported in the last 10 years in Maricopa County, compared to an average of more than 5,300 dog bites reported every year, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department's pamphlet on urban coyotes.
Coyotes only pose a risk to people once they become comfortable around them, usually as a result of feeding, officials said.
April 04, 2006
Showdown at the Mall: Coyote Vs. Poodle
So those urban coyotes whove invaded Chicago? They werent so bad when they were just sniffing around the suburbs and hanging out at Lincoln Park Zoo. Even when they started eating geese, no one seemed to mind too much. Its the circle of life, and goose **** is gross. But then they started attacking dogs. And now, indirectly, people. Oh it is on, coyotes. It is on.
In whats being called the most brazen in a series of recent coyote attacks, a coyote approached Crissy Lacks and her miniature poodle, Annie, in the parking lot of a Lincolnwood mall. Coyotes are responsible for the recent deaths of a terrier in Northfield, a beagle in Glencoe and a Yorkshire terrier in Arlington Heights, but Lacks, a 60-year-old retired English teacher, was not about to let Annie go without a fight.
The mountain lion bit the boys head or jaw, and the child also suffered puncture wounds or scrapes on his legs, likely from the animals claws, Division of Wildlife spokesman Tyler Baskfield said.
The boy, whose name was not released, was apparently the last in a single-file line of seven other people taking a short hike at a scenic area of Flagstaff Mountain, Baskfield said.
The father turned and saw the cat had a hold of the young boy, he said. The group began screaming at the cat and throwing rocks and was able to free the boy, he said.
The group was 50 yards from a parking lot when the cat attacked, Baskfield said.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Theo Emery
THE NEW YORK TIMES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Game wardens in a remote Tennessee forest set traps baited with doughnuts and sardines yesterday to lure a bear that attacked an Ohio family, killing a 6-year-old girl and mauling her mother and 2-year-old brother, authorities said.
The adult black bear, estimated at 350 to 400 pounds, attacked the mother and her children Thursday afternoon at a waterfall in Cherokee National Forest. The children had been playing in a pool at the base of the falls, about a mile up a trail from where they had parked, said Dan Hicks, a spokesman for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Luke suffered a bite wound that punctured his skull, while his mother had eight puncture wounds to the neck and too many claw and tooth injuries to count elsewhere on her body, doctors said.
Coyote sightings abound By John Roszkowski, Marlene Hunt and Irv Leavitt
STAFF WRITERS
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]Gayle O'Connor was horrified when her miniature schnauzer, Molly, came wandering slowly back to the house from the back yard of her property two weeks ago, covered in blood and bite marks suffered in a coyote attack.
[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif] "There for a while we'd get a call once a week about coyotes running through yards or laying on a driveway. We tell people to avoid them and not confront them. If you see them, don't feed them, watch your small animals and pets."[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]State and county animal control officials say coyotes generally are not a threat to humans, and most problems can be avoided by taking simple precautions.
[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]n a nine-county region of northeastern Illinois, 267 coyotes were captured in 2004. In most of the cases, coyotes were captured because of attacks on domestic pets. [/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]Jennifer Filipiak, an animal control officer for the Lake County Forest Preserve District, said coyotes can pose a threat to pets if people aren't careful. Filipiak said coyotes view cats as prey and dogs as potential competitors.
[/font][font=arial,helvetica,san-serif]"We have coyotes living in downtown Chicago," she said. "It just doesn't work."
[/font]
The asSOCIATED press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.20.2006.SCOTTSDALE - Spurred by the lengthy drought, coyotes are showing up in condos, shopping malls, golf courses and neighborhoods, causing some concern among Arizonans.
In Paradise Valley, there have been 10 recent sightings. And there's not much anyone can do about it, said Chief John Wintersteen of the Paradise Valley Police Department. Wintersteen organized a coyote awareness meeting last month.
"We see them almost every day or every other day," said Bob Rempp, a Paradise Valley resident.
"Some of our neighbors have had pet problems, with a dog being killed or a cat being killed," he said.
While pets may turn up dead or missing, coyote attacks on humans are rare. Just eight have been reported in the last 10 years in Maricopa County, compared to an average of more than 5,300 dog bites reported every year, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department's pamphlet on urban coyotes.
Coyotes only pose a risk to people once they become comfortable around them, usually as a result of feeding, officials said.
April 04, 2006
Showdown at the Mall: Coyote Vs. Poodle
So those urban coyotes whove invaded Chicago? They werent so bad when they were just sniffing around the suburbs and hanging out at Lincoln Park Zoo. Even when they started eating geese, no one seemed to mind too much. Its the circle of life, and goose **** is gross. But then they started attacking dogs. And now, indirectly, people. Oh it is on, coyotes. It is on.
