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DNA test results reveal one coyote is behind three separate attacks in the East Bay
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About 15 minutes after the Campolindo High attack, a neighbor said she was stalked by a coyote as she walked up Campolindo Drive nearby the school.Rosalind Bassett
California Fish and Wildlife officials have determined a rogue coyote that bit a grocery store worker Tuesday in Lafayette is the same animal that attacked a 2-year-old boy in July and a man five months later in Moraga.
Fish and Wildlife Capt. Patrick Foy said DNA showed the bites matched. and the agency is trying to locate the coyote.
Updated on December 18, 2020 at 9:44 am
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed Thursday that a coyote responsible for two previous attacks this year in Moraga is the same one that attacked a grocery store clerk in neighboring Lafayette earlier this week.
CDFW Capt. Patrick Foy said DNA results confirmed the match. He added authorities are in the process of planning how to find the coyote.
The most recent attack happened Tuesday behind Diablo Foods market on Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Lab results confirmed that it was indeed a coyote that bit the victim behind the grocery store, CDFW said.
A 2-year-old boy was bitten on the leg at Moraga Commons Park in July.
In April, a 5-year-old girl was bitten on the neck and ear at Dublin Hills Regional Park.
Unusual situation : Yet another coyote attack in East Bay community
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A female coyote that has been tagged and collared walks through a vehicle pullout where wildlife biologists have been conducting a study of coyotes that populate the area of the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito, Calif., on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Seven local coyotes have been captured, tagged and collared so biologists can learn from their activity in the open space of the headlands.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A female coyote that has been tagged and collared sits in a vehicle pullout where wildlife biologists have been conducting a study of coyotes that populate the area of the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito, Calif., on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Seven local coyotes have been captured, tagged and collared so biologists can learn from their activity in the open sp