coyote

A town on Massachusetts’ North Shore has become the first in the state to approve killing off aggressive coyotes. Nahant officials voted this week to hire rifle experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services. The move comes after a number of complaints from residents in recent months about the aggressive animals. Some residents have even had their...

Another coyote attack on a small dog has Massachusetts officials warning pet owners to be cautious. Lisa Rampino of Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood says she saw a coyote snatch up her 11-year-old chihuahua, Biscuit, around 6:15 a.m. Monday. “It ran so fast,” she said. “It was just, like, boom — lightning down the sidewalk. Just gone.” Rampino says was standing…

Police in Massachusetts are warning pet owners to be cautious after at least three dogs were killed in recent coyote attacks. Cilla and Paul Reising of Sudbury are devastated after losing their 10-year-old dog, Scamp, to a coyote. “There were two of them,” Paul Reising said. “Picked him up and carried him into the woods.” “I felt very helpless,” said…

A family dog was attacked by a coyote who grabbed it by the neck and dragged it around in their backyard.

A coyote bit a man in a bank parking lot in Swampscott, Massachusetts, Monday morning, police said. The man was on his cellphone outside the Santander Bank on Paradise Street when the coyote bit his calf about 6:15 a.m., according to Swampscott police. He was able to scare the animal off into the woods with a stick. Swampscott Animal Control…

Arlington police says coyotes are no strangers to the area but one had developed an affinity for humans, and it had to be put down.

A coyote spotted for several weeks lurking around a school playground in Arlington, Massachusetts, has been put down by authorities after it was being fed by nearby residents. Police are now urging residents to avoid feeding the animals after the one coyote kept returning to a Crosby Street neighborhood in northeast Arlington. The concern was that it was getting too…

The pup was taken in after it was found wandering the side of the road.

A Massachusetts family had a scary realization when they took a coyote home after mistaking it for a lost puppy. Cape Wildlife officials said the family saw the coyote by the side of a road and thought the animal was lost. The family picked up the coyote and took it home. As they realized what they had done, they contacted…

Massachusetts wildlife control officers have been getting calls from every corner of the City of Salem as there have been multiple coyote sightings throughout the witch city. Local resident Staci Sverker found a coyote hanging out just 10 feet from her back door last weekend. “I’m concerned about my dogs especially if my kids bring out the dogs,” she said….

There have been several close encounters with coyotes recently in Salem, Massachusetts.

Police in Boston and Cambridge responded to the Charles River on Wednesday morning for reports of a dog on the ice near Boston University that might be in need of rescue. But when Boston firefighters and Massachusetts State Police got there, they found a coyote instead of someone’s pet. They said the coyote appeared healthy and was not in...

A roadrunner hitched a ride from Las Vegas to Maine — no word on whether

Even the fastest birds need to hitch a ride sometimes, it seems. A curious roadrunner was found in a moving van that had traveled from Las Vegas to Westbrook, Maine, this weekend, police said. A surprised father and his son spotted the bird — the one made famous by the coyote-evading Looney Tunes cartoon — in the back of their…

A series of coyote attacks have people on edge in Arlington, Massachusetts. Layla, a 5-year-old labradoodle, is home recovering after being bitten by a coyote Sunday night.

A series of coyote attacks have people on edge in Arlington, Massachusetts. Layla, a 5-year-old labradoodle, is home recovering after being bitten by a coyote Sunday night. “She was only out maybe five or six seconds when she started to bark,” said Tim Birmingham. He says he and his wife always stand at the front steps when they let Layla…

Parents and pet owners in Arlington are on edge after a series of coyote attacks.

The same coyote is believed to have been responsible for both attacks, and officials are working to track it down.

Two terrifyingly similar coyote attacks just minutes apart — on two toddler girls just playing in their Arlington backyards Sunday.

Two toddlers were attacked by a coyote in their yards in Arlington, Massachusetts, in separate but terrifyingly similar incidents Sunday, officials said. The same coyote is believed to have been responsible for both attacks, and officials are working to track it down, Arlington police and health and human services officials said in a statement Monday. The first attack took place…