Recently in coyotes Category

The Los Angeles Times reports  today that a coyote bit a 25-year-old female jogger near the Griffith Park carousel early Tuesday morning. Parks officials believe people feeding animals in the area can prompt such attacks.

Even though the bite was described as a small puncture wound, a park ranger advised the woman to seek medical treatment.

Chief Park Ranger Albert Torres said the woman was caught by surprise.

"She didn't notice the coyote, the coyote noticed her," he said.

Coyote attacks are rare but not unprecedented in Griffith Park. In 1995, a 15-month-old girl from Nevada suffered several puncture wounds on her thigh when a coyote attacked in the same area where the jogger was bitten.

About a month ago, there were reports of coyote sightings in Torrance, in the vicinity of Crest and Highcliff roads.  Coyotes also have been spotted on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

  Our Daily Breeze colleague Larry Altman has posted an item about coyote sightings in Torrance. One caller reportedly told police a coyote had killed a cat.

Police received four calls in the early morning hours Tuesday reporting coyotes roaming around the neighborhood of Crest and Highcliff roads.

Anyone seeing a coyote is asked to call the Torrance Police Department's Animal Control Office at 310-618-3850 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. After hours, call 310-328-3456,

See the original post on our Crime and Courts blog.