It will be wolves next...
Nanny Rips Baby Girl From Jaws of Coyote in California Sandbox
Saturday, May 03, 2008
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CHINO HILLS, Calif. — A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the jaws of a coyote when the animal attacked the toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials said.
The girl was playing Friday in a sandbox at Alterra Park in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off in its mouth, officials said.
The babysitter grabbed the child and pulled her from the coyote's grasp, the sheriff's department said in a statement.
The coyote then ran off into nearby brush.
The child suffered wounds to her buttocks and was taken to Chino Valley Medical Center and was later released, director of nursing Anne Marie Robertson said. She was later transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center to receive the rabies vaccine.
San Bernardino County Animal Control and the State Department of Fish and Game were searching for the animal, Wiltshire said.
Miller said there was another attack in the area in October when a coyote bit a 3-year-old girl playing in a cul-de-sac. The girl needed treatment for puncture wounds to the head and thigh, Miller said.
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Of course they will. We live in a rural area, one day I was hauling hay (big 2000 lb, bales of grass) with a pickup and trailer. While I was waiting in our field probably 20 yards from our house, there was a coyote. I got out of my pickup, talked to it and got within 15 ft. Realized duh...this is exactly what he wants ...for me to get close and eat me! Actually they are tamed rather easily, like some in Yellowstone that will practically eat out of your hands.
We have wolves now, big ones, and they of course love lamb chops, so we are on the watch all the time. One day we were on our 4 wheelers, going into the hills to check sheep etc, and we had seen signs of wolves, and the herders had seen them. So as we are going, there are a bunch of little kids on 4wheelers (4yrs - 8yrs) riding around. Being good neighbors, we stopped and told their parents to watch the kids, because of the wolves. They said, no, they aren't around here...we took them up the road about 1/2 mile and showed them tracks. They packed up and were gone by the time we were back to their campsite!