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PASADENA, Calif. – A terrifying incident involving a coyote was caught on camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The video shows a coyote chasing a toddler outside the family’s home in Pasadena.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the video, a 3-year-old is seen running and screaming as the animal follows through the front gate. The child’s mother screamed, which scared the scavenger away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The family said they’ve seen coyotes in their Pasadena neighborhood before, but none had ever stumbled onto their property until now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SUGGESTED COVERAGE: Coyote alert: Here’s why sightings are increasing across Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n Breeding season and urban activity <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Coyote breeding season typically occurs between late January and March, which leads to increased movement as the animals seek out mates and additional food sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n While coyotes are native to California and play a vital role in controlling rodent populations, they are also known to target small pets and, in rare instances, humans.<\/p>\n Reporting coyote incidents\u00a0 <\/p>\n If there is an immediate life-threatening emergency or a person is being attacked, call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n For non-emergencies and aggressive behavior reporting, you can call the following local resources:<\/p>\n LA County Who to Call: Agricultural Commissioner (Aggressive Behavior)Phone Number: 626-575-5462 LA City Who to Call: Animal Services HotlinePhone Number: 888-452-7381 Orange County Who to Call: OC Animal Care (Business Hours)Phone Number: 714-935-6848 Riverside County Who to Call: Department of Animal ServicesPhone Number: 951-358-7387 All Regions Who to Call: CDFW (Human Biting Incidents)Phone Number: 888-334-2258 Online Report <\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information from a Storyful video. This story also used information provided by California wildlife officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wild Nature<\/a>Pasadena<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PASADENA, Calif. – A terrifying incident involving a coyote was caught on camera.\u00a0 What we know: The video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1184,7,9,8,137,100,1977,645,1181,16359],"class_list":{"0":"post-193184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-headlines","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-los-angeles-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pasadena","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wild-nature"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}