Toddler-stalking coyote euthanized
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A diseased coyote was captured and euthanized a day after it was seen stalking a toddler in a Redlands neighborhood, the Associated Press reports.
Redlands animal shelter officials say the young female coyote was infested with mange.
The coyote was the same animal that followed a 2-year-old girl late Friday. Police spokesman Carl Baker says the girl’s grandfather scared off the coyote.
The incident follows coyote attacks this month in Chino Hills and Lake Arrowhead. Children were bitten in four cases in Chino Hills and once in Lake Arrowhead.
Last week, a coyote entered a Temecula home and was standing over a sleeping child before a nanny threw household objects at the animal and it ran away.
--Tony Barboza
