By: Real America News Updated 23 Jun 2022 , 22: 37 pm EDT
The authorities of California are searching for a coyote who attacked a 2-year-old boy old in days past.
According to Fox 11, the animal attacked the infant in Mile Square Park at Fountain Valley on Tuesday 21 June around 8: 30 pm
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Department of Agriculture announced the actions they took to find the whereabouts of the specimen.
“The attack was not reported immediately (but until today) and initial efforts to locate the coyote were unsuccessful” , police said in a press release.
Unknown until at the moment if the little one suffered wounds or injuries due to the attack of the coyote.
Fountain Valley is located about six miles northeast of Huntington Beach, where given several sightings of coyotes and recently an attack on the beach.
It was the past 23 April that a girl of the same age was seriously hospitalized after being attacked by a coyote in Huntington Beach, California.
Due to this situation, the Huntington Police Department Beach warned about the measures that people can take to avoid going through a similar situation.
“Most coyote attacks occur in connection with a food source or attractant that brings the coyote closer to people, pets, or livestock,” the CDFW says. “A coyote habituated or conditioned by food can become bold and act aggressively towards people.”
The department added that if you come across a coyote and see it, keep your distance and “clap your hands, make noise and let it walk away on its own”.
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