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Coyote Attack
West Hartford, CT
News
Community Rallies After Coyote Attack In West Hartford Leaves Family Dog Fighting For Its Life
A routine evening for a Connecticut family turned into a nightmare when their beloved dog, Piper, was attacked by a pack of coyotes, nearly killing the four-year-old Cairn Terrier and saddling her owners with thousands in veterinary bills. But a fundraiser has the community chipping in to help Piper recover. Maggie Bourgoin, of West Hartford, said she let the family dog out to use the bathroom as usual around 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Nothing seemed amiss until the phone rang. "I got a call from my neighbor across the street asking if Piper was outside because they heard crying nois…
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Coyote Attack, Sightings Close Two North Jersey Parks
In the wake of a coyote attack and coyotes being spotted on the prowl, two North Jersey parks are closed to the public. On Saturday, July 1, the Town of Westfield announced it is closing Brightwood Park after an aggressive coyote was spotted. The Westfield Police Department and Westfield Regional Health Department are investigating and no injuries have occurred, the town said. Residents are advised to report any coyote sightings to the Westfield Police Department. On Friday, June 30, a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized after being attacked by a coyote at South Mountain Reservation in…
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Coyote Attacks Teen Girl In North Jersey
A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized after being attacked by a coyote, officials in northern New Jersey said. The teen suffered puncture wounds to her leg around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, June 30, n Essex County, at South Mountain Reservation in West Orange, a spokesperson for the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. The teen was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Meanwhile, Crest Drive and the dog park were closed at the reservation until Saturday, July 1, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo said. He urged anyone visiting to be "extremely cautious."
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Coyote Attacks Teen Girl In North Jersey
A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized after being attacked by a coyote Friday afternoon, June 30, officials in Essex County said. The teen suffered puncture wounds to her leg around 3 p.m. at South Mountain Reservation in West Orange, a spokesperson for the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. The teen was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Meanwhile, Crest Drive and the dog park were closed at the reservation until Saturday, July 1, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo said. He urged anyone visiting to be "extremely cautious."
Bedford, NY
Lifestyle
Coyotes Kill Six Peacocks In Broad Daylight At Martha Stewart's Katonah Estate
Six peacocks on Martha Stewart's 153-acre New York estate were killed in a brazen, broad-daylight attack by coyotes. The 80-year-old writer/television personality said she's building an enclosed fence around her yard at the property in the hamlet of Katonah in the Town of Bedford in Northern Westchester County. "RIP beautiful Blue Boy," Stewart wrote on Instagram In a post that displayed a video of one of the victims. "The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and five others.” Stewart said six "large and aggressive coyotes who have expensive tastes when it comes to poultry" car…
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Swampscott Man Attacked By Coyote At Shopping Plaza Parking Lot, Police Say
A Swampscott man had an unexpected encounter with a coyote at a shopping center parking lot the morning of Monday, June 13, Swampscott Police confirm to Daily Voice. The coyote snuck up and bit the man on his calf while he was smoking a cigarette outside and talking on the phone outside his truck at a shopping center on Paradise Road around 6:15 a.m. police said. The man quickly grabbed a wooden plank from his truck and chased the coyote off into a nearby wooded area, police said. The man refused medical treatment and appeared to have gotten himself checked out, police added.&nb…
Mount Vernon, NY
News
Dog Attacked By Coyote In Mount Vernon, Police Say
Residents in Westchester have been advised to be on alert after a coyote attacked a dog in the area. In Mount Vernon, the police department issued an advisory cautioning that a small dog was recently attacked near North Columbus Avenue and California Road by what was reported to be a coyote. It is the latest sighting in the area, and the first reported attack. Earlier story - Coyote Advisory Issued In Westchester After Multiple Sightings “Please remember that we share our environment with wild animals, so while it is rare that they appear in Mount Vernon, they do appear from time to time…
New Canaan, CT
Police & Fire
Coyote Attacks Dog In New Canaan, Police Say
A small dog managed to survive after being attacked by a coyote in New Canaan. It happened on Sunday, Sept. 22 at approximately 5 p.m. on Shady Knoll Lane, New Canaan Police said. The dog owner was able to frighten the coyote and it dropped the dog. The dog suffered two punctures on the neck and ear, according to police. It's the third reported incident in the southwestern section of New Canaan over the past month. Pet owners are being urged by police to supervise their dogs, large or small and always have hazing tools on hand. "Coyotes are being sighted routinely at Waveny Park, as well…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Mahwah Mom Fights Off Attacking Coyote
Sensing something was wrong, Doreen Latargia Entrup of Mahwah tried calling a neighbor to tell her she needed to come in off the street. That’s when a coyote attacked her, she said. The coyote was several hundred yards behind her, Entrup said, when she spotted four small deer standing like statues and “a big mama deer running across” Grenadier Drive, near the Rockland County border, around 6:15 p.m. Friday. “I just stopped,” she said. “I knew something wasn’t right. “I picked up my phone to tell my neighbor that I was coming to her house," Entrup told Daily Voice. "As I turned to look behi…
Newark, NJ
News
Mom Recounts Terrifying Fairfield Coyote Attack
A 37-year-old mother who was attacked by a coyote while with her toddler son and 18-month-old daughter in a Fairfield park described the harrowing experience during a press conference Friday. Her "maternal instinct kicked in" during the attack , said Tatiana, a nurse who declined to give her full name. The woman met with reporters at the Fairfield Recreation Complex, not far from where the coyote attacked her and her son the night before. "Eric is our little hero," she said, as the toddler played with microphones from local news networks at the press event -- seemingly unfazed. The tod…
Somers, NY
News
Coyote Attack On Sheep Reported At Muscoot Farm
County officials said a coyote may have killed a sheep at Muscoot Farm in Somers and injured two others on Thursday. The sheep were found when employees to perform morning farm chores Thursday and noticed a sheep lying in the field and two others limping, said Alexis Joondeph-Breidbart, a spokeswoman for Westchester County. Muscoot Farm is an early 20th-century interpretative farm museum that is owned and operated by the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation. Although there was no sighting of a coyote, Joondeph-Breidbart said farm staff believes the attack wa…
