Colorado wildlife officials are on high alert after a 4-year-old girl was seriously injured in a coyote attack on Thanksgiving.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the incident occurred Thursday afternoon in a neighborhood east of Monument Creek and Interstate 25 in northern Colorado Springs, not far from the Air Force Academy.The girl was attacked while she and another child approached the coyote, mistaking it for a dog, wildlife officials said. The coyote lunged, inflicting serious injuries that required immediate medical attention.
"Coyotes are omnivores and will eat anything, even tipping over garbage cans like bears do," Kroening said. "Typically, when they get aggressive, it’s in the spring and they are protecting a nearby den where they have pups. Or it’s because someone in the area is feeding them." Kroening said people nearby might be leaving pet food outdoors or actively feeding them by throwing them scraps of food."That’s illegal, and it’s a problem in urban areas," he said.
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