{"id":825162,"date":"2026-08-25T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825162\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:20:15","slug":"bear-and-2-coyotes-cross-paths-in-tarzana-near-101-freeway-with-larger-coyote-appearing-to-defend-smaller-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/825162\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear and 2 coyotes cross paths in Tarzana near 101 Freeway, with larger coyote appearing to defend smaller one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 25, 2026 5:04AM<\/p>\n<p>A homeowner&#8217;s Ring camera captured a rare wildlife encounter in Tarzana, showing a bear crossing paths with two coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Hurwitz<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; A homeowner&#8217;s Ring camera captured a rare wildlife encounter in Tarzana, showing a bear crossing paths with two coyotes just a few miles from Ventura Boulevard and the 101 Freeway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video shows the bear encountering the two coyotes in a residential area. While the bear might appear to have the advantage, the larger of the two coyotes repeatedly confronted the animal as it stayed near the smaller coyote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The bigger coyote was really trying to keep the bear away from the little one,&#8221; said homeowner Richard Hurwitz. &#8220;Several times, it went toward the bear just to kind of protect the little one. I just thought, &#8216;Oh my God. I can&#8217;t wait to show this to somebody.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Hurwitz said the bear eventually moved away from the area. Even after the bear trotted off, the larger coyote charged several more times to ensure it kept its distance.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, August 25, 2026 5:04AM A homeowner&#8217;s Ring camera captured a rare wildlife encounter in Tarzana, showing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[349678,79,201],"class_list":["post-825162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-349678","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}