3 children attacked by coyote at Arlington park

The city of Arlington now says three children were attacked by a coyote at a park. The attacks happened Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.
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[@omargarcia1124]

Wow it took 3 attacks to close the park

[@DESIGNS-vo1mt]

What exactly did you do after the first attack happened?

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Fake reports by trapping company wanting to get a contract from the city

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Saturday, Monday and Tuesday

[@kendo2377]

People in plain sight tromping around making a lot of noise; how NOT to hunt coyotes.

[@ronjohnson9032]

Wait, wait, wait! Activists say that coyotes don't attack people. They are experts in the matter.

[@papanasaraah7412]

😂😂😂

[@annep.1905]

Lolol

[@BenDieseL313]

Greedy developers are taking away all of the natural habitats from the native wildlife.

[@bloodlove93]

humans gonna human, go figure.

[@DarkmanRides]

That park has been there for 40 years at least. Hey if you ever find a rattlesnake in your house just remember it was there before you were😂

[@johngrant5881]

Yes. Las vegas

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

​@@DarkmanRidesAnd 40 years ago it was the Coyotes park

[@DarkmanRides]

@@1986SSMONTECARLO and remember that when you find a rattlesnake in your house it was there first. I think that melanoma on the right side of your head has eaten into your brain.

[@georgegordon2210]

Food has to be scarce around there so pets and small children will be on the menu.

[@gamester512]

Coyotes are also opportunistic, so even if food isn't scarce, an unattended young child could still look like viable "prey" to a Coyote.

[@georgegordon2210]

I agree with you 1000 % One of the problems I see with the average person is that coyotes look so much like dogs , that people think that they act like them. I 'm not an alarmist, but coyotes will eat you. @@gamester512

[@lisamcdonald1014]

It’s constantly little children, who have been attacked by urban coyotes

[@kl0wnkiller912]

I live in Carrollton and we take our dogs on walks in the greenbelt. A year ago two bobcats tried to attack our smaller dog. I ran them off but now I open carry when we go on walks. We have seen coyotes, Bobcats and even a Jaguarino out there. I wouldn't shoot them unless I had no choice but rabid animals are always a danger as they are unpredictable.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

For you to walk your dog outside in the Nome facility of mountain lions or bears is animal abuse keep your dog in his yard and pick up the doodles from his yard and maybe your dog will be safe

[@kl0wnkiller912]

Nome facility, what? What are you going on about?@@davidOConnor-z3l

[@FYLife]

I’ve seen so many coyotes just roaming around this neighborhood in the daytime like stray dogs

[@Fordgroup00]

hmmm interesting. Out of character

[@gamester512]

Depends on how young the children were. If they were the size of teenagers, then yes. If they were younger children like Kindergarten or Elementary age, it makes more sense. Coyotes are opportunists, and particularly young children that are seemingly unattended could easily be seen as viable "prey" to a Coyote. At the very least, the fact that the Coyote retreated after adults noticed and reacted to the attack means that rabies should be off the table as far as what caused the attack, as a rabid Coyote would just keep attacking regardless of the danger it was in, and it wouldn't stop until it was dead. The fact that the Coyote tried to drag the targeted children back into the woods to me indicates that the children that were attacked were all very young and small (I would guess no older than 4 or 5 years old), as teenagers would definitely have fought back and also been large enough that a Coyote would likely not even risk attacking them in the first place.

[@chinosarah]

⁠@@gamester512it seems like one of them was 6

[@bloodlove93]

oh wow. that brings back memories, strange how different fate work... When i was 6 i remember I was walking after a "dog" one day, must've been 10 to 20 minutes, we just walked together. still a strange memory, i remember i only knew after i got back to camp and my dad looked freaked out, the coyote ran off because other people, and that was that.

[@baskervillebee6097]

In February 3 different kids were bitten in a local park.

[@Texas466]

Texas lost 3 million acres of rural and ag land. What do people want animals to do? 🤔

[@xx_Joker_xx]

This is why coyote populations need to be managed. Coyote populations increase and are pushed into city areas when there are not enough predators to control the numbers. Most wild coyotes are fearful of humans... however, in situations like this they lose that fear.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

You sound like a female Road Runner

[@xx_Joker_xx]

@@davidOConnor-z3l and your point is?

[@xx_Joker_xx]

@@davidOConnor-z3l and your point is? 🙃

[@xx_Joker_xx]

@@davidOConnor-z3l not sure of your point. LOL

[@AlvinUselton]

I just saw a coyote trying to kill and eat pets ( small dog and cats) at cooper st in the creek and I videoed one Johnson creek @1919 south cooper those two are very aggressive please be careful

[@srrdeer4603]

peyton yagers mouth

[@TimkenCourt]

Coyotes are cowards.

[@thaigirl7152]

That's an uneducated reference to describe coyotes

[@TimkenCourt]

@@thaigirl7152 yep, it could have been more acute; but I figured people like you would understand it better.

[@bloodlove93]

nothing to do with courge mate sorry. the reason they do this is know, little children crying sounds almost like the dying squeals of their main prey like rabbits. they see zero difference, just food to them.

[@TimkenCourt]

@@bloodlove93 Too soft of language. Just saying that somethings need to dealt with without pause. Clear?

[@regilee9003]

Those coyotes are smarter than you and your kids combined lol

[@RethaGreen-ce5ve]

Why not relocate

[@seandenzelrhymer760]

Just for asking for three or is that a demand kc

[@Mike-mp8co]

Make sure they know to sue the county and federal agencies that release them back good just guy's

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

Just call the roadrunner. Beep beep

[@VM-wy6zc]

I DONT GET IT!!!!! HOW DID THE KID GET BIT!!!! 😳 🤔 👀 HOW CLOSE WAS THE COYOTE TO THE KIDS THAT NO ONE SAW IT COMING!!!!! NO COMMENT 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@crm208]

Where was mommy or daddy?😠😑

[@gamertech9871]

@@crm208making another brat they will neglect

[@YaYaPaBla]

You must not have listened to the video.🤦🏼‍♀️

[@gamertech9871]

@@YaYaPaBla kids attacked by coyote. Parents intervene after bystander screams. Pretty sure the kids would’ve been screaming from the first bite, so why did it take a bystander for them to intervene. Why weren’t there eyes on the kid at all times? Why do you pretend to have a brain between your ears

[@YaYaPaBla]

@@gamertech9871 you need to stop being rude, hell I wasn’t there. How should I know. I’m also moderately deaf and partially blind. Pray you never have to deal with the health issues I have.

[@paulenciso]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Peyton

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

Yes I know she looks like a Miss America contender every time I see her and she's very color coordinated in her outfit today she's obviously a career driven woman because he could easily be a trophy wife to a billionaire

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

"She" 😍😍

[@davidcarper5411]

Suspect refused arrest and to be subdued. Man has destroyed habitat for wildlife. Peypey looks great with her long hair, former college cheeeader.

[@shawnab8484]

Well, where are they to go when they are running wildlife out of their territory to build houses, buildings, etc. Where else are they going to go? Sad that they have bitten 3 different children, yet are obviously hungry

[@kl0wnkiller912]

Coyotes migrate. They go where the food is.

[@annep.1905]

There's plenty of territory out there.

[@annep.1905]

Update: the coyote tested Negative for rabies.

[@dhowto3005]

Hopefully, the individuals attacked will make a full recovery. I know this has to be scary. Hopefully, no one else is attacked and hopefully they can catch the coyotes doing the attacking

[@LetsGoYall]

I was in that park 2 weeks ago, and was approached by a pair of cougars.....

[@MyTwoCents2]

Arlington,,?? As n King Of the Hill?

[@stepht5]

You know it’s a city of around 400,000 people, right?

[@FYLife]

He lived in Arlen

[@californiadreaming567]

Voters unite. Allow hunters to decrease populations country wide to decrease populations by half across the country

[@Barkingdog1978]

Shouldn't be walking through park with beef jerky in Pocket kids

[@antonionunez8335]

Humans. Get out,,coyotes are in their land,,

[@bloodlove93]

yup, get a new planet, humanity as made earth suffer enough.

[@DarkmanRides]

Remember that when you find a rattlesnake in your house what a clown😂

[@taytayrazors9033]

​@@DarkmanRides🙄

[@DarkmanRides]

@@taytayrazors9033 I made that same face when I looked at your photograph. Oak Cliff Grove side no doubt🤣

[@shawnab8484]

@@taytayrazors9033what does it have to do with a rattle snake?

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

I used to be the Coyotes park

[@philliphall5198]

It’s prime rabies time in Texas

[@annep.1905]

Nevertheless, this coyote tested negative for rabies.

[@davidOConnor-z3l]

CPS services will be at those parents doors because what kind of parent leave their child unattended in a park with all the weirdos around let alone animals this is not the coyotes fault this is the parents fault and this is the schools fault the schools need to teach these players about coyotes

[@annep.1905]

The children weren't unattended. Coyotes are very fast.

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Urban coyote attacks are extremely rare and scary