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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Melissa Gomez

Coyote that attacked 2-year-old in Southern California euthanized, officials say

LOS ANGELES — A coyote that attacked a 2-year-old in the front yard of her family's Woodland Hills home earlier this month has been captured and killed, officials said Sunday.

Home security video captured the coyote attacking the toddler on the afternoon of Dec. 3 while her father was busy unloading the family's SUV. The coyote knocked the child down and began to drag her away while she screamed. The girl's father quickly picked up the child and chased the coyote away.

Since then, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers have been attempting to capture the coyote. On Friday, officials captured the animal "in the immediate vicinity of the street where the attack occurred," Patrick Foy, a public information captain in the department, said in a statement.

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