{"id":499833,"date":"2026-10-18T03:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499833\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T03:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T03:56:22","slug":"coyote-euthanized-after-toddler-injured-in-atwater-village-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499833\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote euthanized after toddler injured in Atwater Village \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A coyote was euthanized after a toddler was injured in Atwater Village, wildlife officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident involving a 16-month-old and a coyote was reported in the 3300 block of Glenhurt Avenue on Friday, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. More details about the encounter were not released.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the toddler was taken to the hospital and released.<\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, the CDFW said a coyote in the area of the incident was euthanized. DNA samples from that coyote and the toddler were being analyzed to determine whether it was the animal involved, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The CDFW provided the following tips for coyote encounters:<\/p>\n<p>Maintain a safe distance and back away slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Keep small children and pets nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Make loud noises and make yourself look bigger by waving your arms.<\/p>\n<p>If a coyote makes contact, fight back and then call Animal Control or 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A coyote was euthanized after a toddler was injured in Atwater Village, wildlife officials said Saturday. The incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[22349,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-499833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-atwater-village","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499833","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=499833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}