Overview
- Surveillance video released Thursday shows the moments before a coyote attacked two dogs during a morning walk in a Boynton Beach driveway, with one pet later dying from its injuries.
- WSVN reports the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located the coyote after the incident, humanely killed it, and sent it for testing.
- The FWC held a virtual meeting with the Boynton Lakes community this week, advising residents to secure trash and pet food, supervise pets, consider electric fencing, and use hazing techniques.
- Officials advise that if confronted, people should not run and should fight back until the animal retreats, emphasizing that attacks on humans are uncommon at about nine per year.
- Residents describe more daytime sightings and predatory behavior, and some are carrying deterrents such as pepper spray, whistles, and water-based devices to protect small pets.