I’ve come close to coyotes on golf courses. I never thought they’d attack an adult, they’ve been known to go after children and eat lots of cats and small dogs around here. This is scary.
I wonder about rabies possibly. It’s just so intensely rare for them to do that. And like others have said (Babs, is that you?) going after an adult? Very weird.
Gonna grab this for my blog, I’ll linkback for sure. Nice catch.
My thoughts are the same as Bpaul’s… if they were infected with rabies, there’s (I’m guessing) a higher chance that they’d become extremely aggressive. (as with squirrels, cats, etc.)
Packs of stray dogs attack and sometimes kill humans in Southern Europe quite often. Especially in Sicily and the Greek Islands. I don’t see much difference between a pack of coyotes and a pack of stray dogs.
Can you back that up? I visit Greece several times every year and although there’s a massive number of stray dogs I’ve never heard about packs attacking humans. They just laze around mostly near the restaurants.
I’ve been bitten by two cocker spaniels and by a bichon frisé though.
Here in Michigan,in my neighborhood, 2 people-on the same day, were attacked and killed-actually torn apart by a pack of unsupervised american bulldogs. The owner of the dogs was found rightly responsible, was convicted and is serving time in jail. Of course Coyotes would go after and attack a single hiker, especially a teenager, rabies or not. They are opportunistic and adaptable.
I live in Nova Scotia, not terribly far from where this attack occurred.
The provnicial Department of Wildlife has stated that their typical food supplies have been practically exhausted (low rabbit count and other prey) while the Coyote population has remained relatively high. That leaves mildly aggressive animals hunting outside their norm.
Farmers and the like have been commenting for a number of years concerning the increased aggressiveness of coyotes.
That’s not scvientific analysis of course – just perception of those who likely have more contact with them than anyone else.
Besides, a human is not so different in size than some of their prey in this area. They can (and have) kill caribou – a large one being nearly the same size (in weight at least) as a human.
It is a tragedy, and has been felt right across this province.
I live in Nova Scotia, not terribly far from where this attack occurred.
The provincial Department of Wildlife has stated that their typical food supplies have been practically exhausted (low rabbit count and other prey) while the Coyote population has remained relatively high. That leaves mildly aggressive animals hunting outside their norm.
Farmers and the like have been commenting for a number of years concerning the increased aggressiveness of coyotes.
That’s not scientific analysis of course – just perception of those who likely have more contact with them than anyone else.
Besides, a human is not so different in size than some of their prey in this area. They can (and have) kill caribou – a large one being nearly the same size (in weight at least) as a human.
It is a tragedy, and has been felt right across this province.
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12 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.I’ve come close to coyotes on golf courses. I never thought they’d attack an adult, they’ve been known to go after children and eat lots of cats and small dogs around here. This is scary.
Coyotes are tough. I slammed into one on my mountain bike once, he just turned around and showed me his teeth.
Here’s one that survived a collision with a car going 75mph: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223087/Pictured-The-coyote-hit-car-75mph-embedded-fender-dragged-600-miles–SURVIVED.html
Who wants to bet she tried to approach the coyote?
This is really hard to fathom. Was it mother coyotes with pups? I just can’t see them going after an adult.
That’s absolutely crazy.
I wonder about rabies possibly. It’s just so intensely rare for them to do that. And like others have said (Babs, is that you?) going after an adult? Very weird.
Gonna grab this for my blog, I’ll linkback for sure. Nice catch.
Bp
My thoughts are the same as Bpaul’s… if they were infected with rabies, there’s (I’m guessing) a higher chance that they’d become extremely aggressive. (as with squirrels, cats, etc.)
Very sad story.
Packs of stray dogs attack and sometimes kill humans in Southern Europe quite often. Especially in Sicily and the Greek Islands. I don’t see much difference between a pack of coyotes and a pack of stray dogs.
@Paul.
Can you back that up? I visit Greece several times every year and although there’s a massive number of stray dogs I’ve never heard about packs attacking humans. They just laze around mostly near the restaurants.
I’ve been bitten by two cocker spaniels and by a bichon frisé though.
Here in Michigan,in my neighborhood, 2 people-on the same day, were attacked and killed-actually torn apart by a pack of unsupervised american bulldogs. The owner of the dogs was found rightly responsible, was convicted and is serving time in jail. Of course Coyotes would go after and attack a single hiker, especially a teenager, rabies or not. They are opportunistic and adaptable.
I live in Nova Scotia, not terribly far from where this attack occurred.
The provnicial Department of Wildlife has stated that their typical food supplies have been practically exhausted (low rabbit count and other prey) while the Coyote population has remained relatively high. That leaves mildly aggressive animals hunting outside their norm.
Farmers and the like have been commenting for a number of years concerning the increased aggressiveness of coyotes.
That’s not scvientific analysis of course – just perception of those who likely have more contact with them than anyone else.
Besides, a human is not so different in size than some of their prey in this area. They can (and have) kill caribou – a large one being nearly the same size (in weight at least) as a human.
It is a tragedy, and has been felt right across this province.
I live in Nova Scotia, not terribly far from where this attack occurred.
The provincial Department of Wildlife has stated that their typical food supplies have been practically exhausted (low rabbit count and other prey) while the Coyote population has remained relatively high. That leaves mildly aggressive animals hunting outside their norm.
Farmers and the like have been commenting for a number of years concerning the increased aggressiveness of coyotes.
That’s not scientific analysis of course – just perception of those who likely have more contact with them than anyone else.
Besides, a human is not so different in size than some of their prey in this area. They can (and have) kill caribou – a large one being nearly the same size (in weight at least) as a human.
It is a tragedy, and has been felt right across this province.