Originally Posted By: clearwater
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:aNa98mS16LsJ:www.sdcounty.ca.gov/awm/docs/coyoteattacks.pdf+coyote+attacks+california&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
http://www.varmintal.com/attac.htm

Two links to coyote attacks.

89 in California alone.

They do attack adults.


Good info, thanks. One should note that the study was for the period 1978 - 2003, approximately a quarter century. Of those 89 attacks, only 18 were on adults (I include a 17 y.o. girl as an adult in that count) which is less than one per year in a large and populous state. Attacks on adults are still quite rare, particularly in the wild. Of the 89 incidents, only two adults were in the wild (Reds Meadow near Mammoth) and were bitten in a single attack. One attack in the wild in a quarter century isn't much.

Children are clearly a different matter.

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