After a coyote attacked a toddler on his front porch in Lake Highlands last May, Dallas began working on a coyote management plan. An important part of the plan is the interactive map that is now available to the public.
charged the little girl. the 3-year-old suffering a minor cut in the neck and just last week, tonya easton and her daughter, 7-year-old isabela, had a close encounter. trying to have big arms and be scary like they say. it didn t faze that animal at all. reporter: coyote sightings are common in southern california but officials say close encounters are on the rise. nick mendoza seen in this nighttime video shot last year defending himself from a pack of coyotes. as i was walking i saw four to five coyotes coming at me and i started pausing. they were coming out like a horror movie. reporter: experts believe one of the causes is the severe drought. the lack of water is sending wild animals into human habitats. coyote sightings across the country, too. last month two different coyotes spotted in new york city and two coyote dens discovered near a school in new jersey and back in southern california, wildlife officials warning residents to keep their garbage sealed shut and not
$320 million for treatment and prevention. a family near atlanta got a wild surprise. wild, really wild. animal in the house. wild animal. so there it is. i want to call it a coyote. call it whatever you want to call it. coyote right there on the kitchen counter. had chased a cat through the window and then it kind of just decided to hang out. yeah, a deputy was called in, the coyote had to be put down. locals say they re seeing more and more of them in the area. animal control says there aren t really more, just more people living among them. so we re the ones in their way. we ve seen a lot of these in manhattan here in recent weeks. i don t know what s going on but they ve been spotted on the streets, a lot of coyote sightings. we see them in colorado as well. you have to really watch them with your dogs too. we re in their way. we ve invaded their space. coming up, hollywood superstar hugh jackman in the spotlight. now a reason he s staying out of