Another coyote incident: Redlands
The City of Redlands Police Department website has a report on a coyote captured Saturday after stalking a child:
A young, diseased coyote was captured Saturday afternoon, May 10, in a Redlands neighborhood, one day after it was scared off as it reportedly stalked a small child.
Animal Control Supervisor Bill Miller used a tranquilizer dart to shoot the young female coyote, which was infected with mange, a parasitic skin infection most commonly found in dogs and other canines. He later confirmed it was the same animal seen stalking a 2-year-old child late Friday, May 9, in the area near San Mateo Street and Magnolia Avenue.
The coyote was scared off by the child’s grandfather and a neighbor, who got between the animal and the child and yelled to frighten it away.
It’s likely there are other, healthy coyotes in the area, so be on the lookout if you’re around there. Actually, pretty much anywhere in the IE, it seems like.
Not to be alarmist, of course: it’s just good to remember we’re not the only inhabitants of the region, no matter how much concrete and asphalt there is.