Overview
- The coyote, which bit a 4-year-old Tuesday in a Carson driveway, was captured and humanely euthanized Thursday after targeted operations by state wildlife officers working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- DNA testing tied the same animal to a Feb. 11 attack on a child in Carson and to the March 31 incident recorded by a home security camera.
- Investigators collected DNA from two more reports, a 31-year-old woman bitten in Gardena on March 26 and a young child hurt at Dignity Health Sports Park on March 30.
- The boy in Tuesday’s attack suffered puncture wounds and began rabies treatment, and his family says he is recovering.
- Wildlife agencies say coyotes are more active in spring and can be drawn into neighborhoods by unsecured trash and pet food, so residents are urged to supervise children, leash pets, remove attractants, haze bold coyotes, and report encounters.