Concerns grow over coyotes

Officials in Southern California continue to be concerned about coyote attacks in the Inland Empire. On Friday, wildlife officials said two more children in Lake Arrowhead may have been bitten and a woman in Temecula reported having to drive a stubborn coyote out of her house. Times staff writer David Kelly has an update on the coyote attacks in today's paper.

"They are behaving abnormally," said Steven Martarano, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "They have lost their fear of people for whatever reason."

Two children have been attacked in the last week and a third was stalked by a coyote that was scared off before it could pounce.

For past reports on the Inland Empire coyotes, read past reports from L.A. Unleashed.

-- Alice Short

Comments

[Stephanie Slatlem]

Maybe one of the reasons they are attacking is because of the loss of habitat regions and due to the fact that they dont have anywhere to live. Protect the coytes at all costs or the enviromental populations will decrease.