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Pissed off coyote bites hand that wouldn’t feed him

Posted By David Markland On October 8, 2008 @ 10:19 am In Nature, Wildlife | Comments Disabled

A coyote bit a 25 year old woman’s hand Tuesday as she jogged by a pack being fed by human visitors.

“The coyote was responding to feeding by other park patrons,” park ranger Albert Torres ^[1] said. “The coyote expected to get fed.”

Coyotes have become bolder over the past few months because people have been feeding them, which is “actually changing their behavior,” Torres said.

Humans “are not doing the coyotes a service” by doing so, he said. “There’s plenty for them to eat in the park.” [KNBC ^[2]]

The woman wasn’t seriously injured by the bite, but I’m hoping her pace has seriously improved.

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[1] Albert Torres: http://www.knbc.com/topic/Albert+Torres

[2] KNBC: http://www.knbc.com/news/17652016/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news

[3] The Great Griffith Park Coyote Massacre of 2009: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/09/21/the-great-griffith-park-coyote-massacre-of-2009/

[4] Steve Lopez’s sympathy for El Coyote: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/12/17/steve-lopezs-sympathy-for-el-coyote/

[5] An appeal to @wileecoyote from @jessicasimpson: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/09/15/an-appeal-to-wileecoyote-from-jessicasimpson/

[6] Wildlife incursions into suburbia warrants MPD "robo-dial": http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/31/wildlife-incursions-into-suburbia-warrants-mpd-robo-dial/

[7] First hand account from that LAX flight yesterday: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/09/29/first-hand-account-from-that-lax-flight-yesterday/

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