Coyote mauling victim dies from her injuries

Wow. Boldest coyote I've ever heard of.

So weird. Last time I heard something like this it was a couple of coyotes in banff that carried off a teenager from their tent. I remember growing up chasing off coyotes with nothing more than a stick and a wild look in my eyes. Really strange.

One puzzle:
wtf?! Hikers? Plural? Who just watches and phones 911 while this is going on? Shit man, pick up a stick, a rock, whatever - yell. I would not be able to just sit there and 'phone 911', especially if I were in a group.

Odd, definitely, but not unheard of. Small animals are at the low point in their cycle (there's hardly any rabbits this year for instance), so we're going to have a few more coyote, wolf, and probably cat, attacks for the next year or two until the food chain builds up again.

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Such a horrible tragedy.

It is extremely rare for a coyote to attack an adult, small children, livestock and pets yes. It is also extremely rare for them to attack as a team, there is some question as to if they were a wolf/coyote cross. Another explanation is the coyotes might have been rabid as there is a great problem with raccoon rabies in the area.

Could they function as a pack if they were rabid?

I heard on the news that the shot coyote had mushroom and other food people eat in his stomach. I take it he was used to people and thus not scared...

STOP FEEDING WILD ANIMALS!!!

It might not have been someone deliberately feeding wild animals, but someone who threw their scraps in the bush. Either way it makes animals look at us as a source of food.

In the Los Angeles area coyotes predate on cats and dogs all the time. Once in a while they'll try to drag off a child. I've been on a few coyote shoots in the Clarksburg and Courtland area when the critters have gotten too aggressive. Seems to be about every five years they get numerous enough to get bold.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354988,00.html