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
Kenji Sytz was doing push-ups as part of his morning exercise routine on the track earlier this month when a coyote bit him unprovoked. There was a coyote latched onto my left calf, Sytz said. Tried to shake him off. He didn t free up, so I had to punch him in the nose.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officials collected saliva samples from Sytz s ripped pants and found a link to a July coyote attack on a 2-year-old boy at a nearby Moraga park. Doing a little bit more DNA work, we managed to actually identify that one coyote was responsible for both attacks, Patrick Foy with CDFW said.
Rogue Moraga coyote linked by DNA to two recent attacks
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Left: Kenji Sytz at the hospital after getting bit by a coyote on Dec. 4 in Moraga. Right: Bite marks from a coyote on his left calf.Handout / Courtesy Kenji SytzShow MoreShow Less
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About 15 minutes after the Campolindo High attack on Dec. 4, a woman in the area said she was stalked by a coyote as she walked near the school.Rosalind BassettShow MoreShow Less
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A coyote runs out of a burning hillside into a residential area in Chino (San Bernardino County) in October. A different coyote, in Moraga, has been linked to two attacks on people in recent months.Robyn Beck / AFP Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less