The town of Nahant, Massachusetts, brought in sharpshooters to control the coyote population after an increasing number of attacks on pets.
Standing along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, Chris Del Dotto looks down a paved path he's walked countless times over the years near his home in Nahant, Massachusetts. It was here in late May that Del Dotto was walking his dog JJ when the silky terrier was attacked by a coyote.
JJ made it to the vet, where doctors determined he had a punctured lung and the 15-year-old had to be put down.In Nahant, JJ's death is just the latest in an ongoing saga of man versus nature. In recent years, Nahant, a seaside town of 3,000, has seen an increasing number of coyote attacks on animals. Coyotes have become so pervasive on this peninsula that day or night, residents out on walks do whatever they can to protect themselves and their pets. Some carry baseball bats, or carry large walking sticks to haze off coyotes if needed.In an email to Scripps News, a spokesperson for the USDA said after six months they'd only removed one coyote.
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