Threatening coyotes being hunted in Chino Hills
PE.com reporter Richard Brooks has the story on a series of attacks by Coyotes on children in a Chino Hills park: “After attacks, hunt on for coyotes”.
Two coyotes are dead and officers are hunting others after closing a Chino Hills park where children have been bitten or threatened on at least seven occasions since last July.
On Friday, a coyote bit and tried to drag off a 2-year-old girl. The next evening, a coyote “made a beeline” for another small child in the same park, but the father kicked at the animal and scared it away, said state Fish and Game Assistant Chief Mike McBride.
In the past nine months, four children have been bitten and one child was attacked twice, he said.
Although it’s confusing for officials why the concentration of incidents, they’re guessing the coyotes have gotten used to being fed (inadvertently or otherwise) in the area.
The old rules still apply, whether in parks, campgrounds, or on the trail: clean up after yourself. It’s not just for the sake of cleanliness — you’re keeping things safer for folks in the future.