Washington girl, 4, ‘dragged’ by coyote just inches from door amid string of alarming encounters: report

A 4-year-old Washington miss was "dragged" by a coyote conscionable inches from the beforehand doorway of her location connected March 11, her begetter told section news.

The incidental comes amid a drawstring of coyote encounters and attacks successful a Bellevue neighborhood, prompting authorities wildlife officials to lethally region 2 coyotes successful caller days. 

"It was conscionable walking connected the mat," Chang Tong of Bellvue told KIRO, referring to his doormat extracurricular his location successful the Factoria neighborhood.

He and his girl were inside, lasting by the beforehand door, erstwhile the 4-year-old reportedly pushed the doorway unfastened and stepped outside.

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FILE - A Coyote - Canis Latrans - lasting successful a greenish writer tract successful Western Washington State. 

"She [was] astir to favored connected the canine astatine that time, and with conscionable 1 second, the coyote conscionable spot her manus and tried to resistance her," Tong told KIRO. "She was dragged to the ground."

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife noted successful a March 12 update to a property merchandise astir the caller coyote incidents that the kid was bitten connected the manus and taken to a adjacent infirmary to beryllium treated for "minor injuries."

"Officers rapidly responded to the country and located 2 coyotes. Officers were capable to lethally region 1 astatine the scene, however, the 2nd ran away. Officers are expanding patrols successful the country to find the 2nd animal," the Department said.

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Five coyote incidents successful the aforesaid country of Washington authorities person been reported since March 7.

The section fatally removed a 2nd coyote connected March 13.

The incidental involving the 4-year-old miss is 1 of 5 reported implicit a week.

Earlier connected March 11, WDFW officers received a study astir different incidental involving interaction betwixt a quality and a coyote with nary reported injuries successful the Factoria neighborhood. 

"Earlier that greeting a coyote went up to a radical of children waiting astatine a autobus halt and made attempts to wound them, ripping immoderate covering and attempting to instrumentality a backpack," WDFW said successful a property release. "Adults astatine the country intervened and the schoolhouse autobus arrived; the children near connected the bus. Fish and Wildlife Officers and Wildlife Conflict unit responded to the scene."

FILE - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has lethally removed 2 coyotes aft a drawstring of quality encounters since March 7.

On March 7, a coyote picked up a child's backpack near connected a sidewalk extracurricular Tyee Middle School and ran with it into adjacent bushes.

Earlier connected March 7, a coyote spot a antheral successful his unfastened store successful the Factoria neighborhood. He was treated astatine a infirmary for insignificant injuries.

On March 6, a pistillate was sitting connected her backmost patio erstwhile a coyote approached her from down and spot her connected the leg. She was capable to retreat wrong her location successful the Norwood Village vicinity portion the coyote continued to prosecute her, and she was aboriginal treated for insignificant injuries.

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WDFW authorities judge the aforesaid coyotes were progressive successful each incident.

"Prevention is the champion instrumentality for minimizing conflicts with coyotes and different wildlife. Keep cats inside, support dogs leashed, and debar aboriginal greeting and precocious evening walks with your favored successful areas wherever coyotes are known to be," WDFW said successful the property release. "Don’t permission tiny children unattended wherever coyotes are often seen oregon heard."