June 28, 2010 (Spring Valley) - A coyote attacked a 12-year-old girl in Spring Valley around 9:30 p.m. tonight. According to Lt. Washington with the San Diego Sheriff, the animal pounced on the girl on Jamacha Road, approximately one block from Spring Valley Library and La Presa Middle School.
Fortunately the girl was not bitten, however parents should keep an eye on children and use caution if walking or jogging alone.
East County Magazine has also received reports of unusually aggressive attacks by coyotes on large dogs in Blossom Valley, as well as a report of a coyote chasing a 9-year-old on horseback near Lake Jennings.
Coyote attacks on humans, while not common, do occur with the majority of attacks in Southern California. Even adults have been subject to attack, including a Canadian singer who died after she was attacked by a pack of coyotes in a park. Fatalities are rare; in the U.S. only one death has ocurred from a coyote attack--a three-year-old child playing unattended in a Glendale yard.
For information on how to protect yourself, your children and your pets from coyote attacks, including details on where to find "coyote rollers" to keep coyotes from jumping into fenced yards, see our website at http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/
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