Authorities say DNA from a coyote that bit a girl in Huntington Beach matched samples from one of two coyotes shot and killed following the attack.
DNA from a coyote that bit a girl in Huntington Beach last week matched samples from one of two coyotes shot and killed following the attack, authorities said Monday.that were not considered life-threatening after she was attacked near the Huntington Beach Pier last Thursday night.
Huntington Beach police responded and shot two coyotes near the attack site, Huntington Beach Police Lt. Shawn Randell said. Samples taken from the girl’s wounds were used to confirm that the animal that bit her was one of the pair that were killed, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Capt. Patrick Foy said.
The girl was with her mother on the sand when she wandered “a mere few feet” and was attacked, Foy said last week.The coyote came out of the dark, hit and knocked over the girl and attacked her for 12 seconds before her cries alerted adults and the animal ran off, Foy said.
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