Coyote killed after charging toddlers in S.F. s Botanical Garden
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A female coyote walks near the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near Sausalito last year.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle 2020
Federal wildlife officials killed a coyote that had charged at toddlers in five incidents in the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park, city animal control officials said Friday.
Officials with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, killed the male coyote on Friday after officials said it had shown aggressive behavior toward toddlers on five known occasions dating back to the fall of 2020, said Virginia Donohue, executive director of San Francisco Animal Care & Control.
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San Francisco Animal Care and Control are warning visitors to Golden Gate Park to not feed a coyote that frequents the area around the Botanical Garden. This coyote has who has approached at least two small children.
SAN FRANCISCO - A coyote reported to have charged at toddlers on five different occasions in the area of the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park was killed Friday by federal wildlife officials.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was called in after San Francisco Animal Care and Control and Recreation and Park Department employees expressed concerns about the coyote s behavior, and the federal officials decided to act after determining the animal had become a threat to public safety.
Federal officials kill coyote that had charged at toddlers on 5 occasions
July 16, 2021
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FILE Conifer Lawn in the western part of the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Golden Gate Park.Patricia Chang/Special to SFGATE
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A coyote reported to have charged at toddlers on five different occasions in the area of the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park was killed Friday by federal wildlife officials.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was called in after San Francisco Animal Care and Control and Recreation and Park Department employees expressed concerns about the coyote s behavior, and the federal officials decided to act after determining the animal had become a threat to public safety.
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