![]() “Severe environmental conditions create severe conflicts: A novel ecological pathway to extreme coyote attacks on humans” was published late last month in the British Ecological Society’s “Journal of Applied Ecology." and Canada, in the years afterwards, the Cape Breton park recorded 32 coyote–human incidents, including seven independent cases where coyotes bit and injured people, according to the study. While the 2009 fatality was the first of its kind to be reported in the U.S. ![]() They didn’t do anything particularly different in the way that they (would) attack a deer for example.”Ī Cape Breton coyote immobilized and about to be fitted with a radiocollar during a study in the wake of a 2009 fatal attack on a woman in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. “Coyotes are always attempting to I guess take advantage of novel or new sources of food … It's not that much of a stretch to see where these coyotes that are already pretty emboldened by pursuing 700-pound animals but they would at least attempt to switch over to another prey item. And it's important that people realize that they are capable of that so that they don't make mistakes such as, you know, minimizing their respect or - I don't want to say fear but their acknowledgement that they are a predator and we have to behave correctly around them,” Gehrt said. “I mean there were a lot of questions that like could coyotes even do that because there hadn't been any adult human fatalities at that point. or Canada - the public should nevertheless be aware of the potential. ![]() ![]() Local officials offered various estimates Thursday about whether a coyote attack on a human had ever occurred in the state.Though rare - there hasn’t been a fatal coyote attack reported before or since in the U.S. Later that day, Chicagoans spotted a coyote roaming through downtown.Ībout 2,000 coyotes inhabit the Chicagoland area, according to the Urban Coyote Research Project, founded two decades ago to study coyotes in Chicago metropolitan areas.Ĭoyote attacks on humans are extremely rare considering the range and abundance of coyotes, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Authorities planned to take the animal to Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation, according to Chicago Animal Care and Control. On Tuesday, firefighters and police rescued a coyote that had fallen into Lake Michigan near downtown's Monroe Harbor. Earlier this week, a coyote snatched a toy poodle and ran down the street with it but dropped the purebred when owners threw shoes at it, according to CBS2. The attacks come after several people reported seeing coyotes across the city. By Thursday afternoon, the lockdown had lifted, Gherardi said. He was in stable condition. Authorities have not been able to contact the second victim or to confirm that the animal was a coyote, Gandurski said.Ī coyote also was spotted Thursday afternoon in Oz Park, causing two nearby schools to temporarily lock down as authorities tried to locate the animal, according to Chicago Public Schools press secretary James Gherardi. Just a few hours after the first attack, a 32-year-old man walked into Northwestern Hospital and said he had been walking on the sidewalk when a coyote bit him from behind. He's still in the hospital, and he's recovering well," Gandurski said.
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