Amy Beeman - AHN
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) -- Three coyote attacks in the last week in southern California have alarmed residents and wild life experts alike.
The Los Angeles Times reports that three children were attacked on two different occasions this week while outside playing.
None of the children were seriously hurt, but they suffered cuts and puncture wounds. In the most serious case, a two-year-old girl was being dragged by her head in front of her home before her mother intervened, chasing the coyote away.
Coyotes, which usually eat rodents, are reportedly very adaptable.
According to a statement on the Desert USA website, "they are one of the most adaptable animals in the world, the coyote can change its breeding habits, diet and social dynamics to survive in a wide variety of habitats... As they lose their fear of people, they will become bolder in approaching people and may put themselves in hazardous situations they would normally avoid."
Still, experts say this is abnormal behavior for coyotes, who generally weigh around 20 pounds and are roughly the size of a collie.
On a televised interview shown on CNN, an anonymous woman living in the Lake Arrowhead neighborhood where the coyotes attacked said, "He was like stalking us. He was just around here and you couldn't chase him off.
According to the Los Angeles Times, six coyotes in the Lake Arrowhead area have been trapped and killed.
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