{"id":56113,"date":"2025-11-16T21:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/56113\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:39:11","slug":"southern-california-resident-finds-decapitated-puppy-on-their-front-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/56113\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California resident finds decapitated puppy on their front lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This story contains content that may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised. <\/p>\n

A Southern California homeowner woke up to a disturbing sight on Friday: a decapitated puppy on their front lawn. <\/p>\n

The resident submitted photos of the headless fluffy white dog found lying in front of his home in L.A.\u2019s Miracle Mile neighborhood to KTLA on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

He said that he initially thought the situation was a Halloween prank, but after stepping outside, he realized it definitely wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/p>\n

Southern California resident finds decapitated dog on their front lawn. (Viewer photo)<\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/p>\n

Southern California resident finds decapitated dog on their front lawn. (Viewer photo)<\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/p>\n

Southern California resident finds decapitated dog on their front lawn. (Viewer photo)<\/p>\n

Upon checking his home\u2019s security cameras, he easily spotted the perpetrators of the grisly act: two coyotes.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how much rain the atmospheric river has dumped on Southern California\u2026so far <\/a><\/p>\n

The home surveillance video shows one of the coyotes dragging the small dog onto the lawn and beginning to scavenge. Another coyote approaches but appears not to have been interested in the canine, instead sitting nearby and appearing to groom itself. <\/p>\n

According to the homeowner, the neighborhood has been experiencing \u201ca coyote problem\u201d for the past two years and the city \u201cis not dealing with it\u201d despite residents repeatedly asking for help from officials.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019m] saddened by the situation,\u201d the homeowner said. \u201cSomeone is missing a puppy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WARNING: This story contains content that may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised. A Southern California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,4251,1009],"class_list":["post-56113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-front-lawn","tag-southern-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56113","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=56113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}