By Bob Walsh
The San Francisco Botanical Garden,
A five-year old girl who was in
the S.F. Botanical Garden was attacked and bitten by a coyote last
week. It is the first time as far as they can tell that a coyote has
bit a human when there wasn't a dog involved, i.e. owner trying to
protect it's pet from the coyote.
The
girl was attending a summer camp at the Botanical Garden when she was
bitten. The poor kid had to get rabies shots, which I understand are
not nearly as nasty as they used to be but still not a lot of fun.
The
garden was closed down and Wildlife officials hunted down and shot
three (or possibly four depending on who you ask) coyotes in the area.
DNA testing proved that one of the coyotes was indeed the one that
attacked the child. The coyote came up behind the girl and bit her and
bit her again when she ran, tripped and fell.
The girl was not seriously injured by the bites themselves.
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