Лос-Анжелес хотын оршин суугчдын дунд маргаан дагуулж байсан зэрлэг койот хүүхэд рүү халдсаны дараа албаныхан түүнийг устгажээ.
Лос-Анжелес хотын Атветер Виллаж дүүрэгт хэдэн сарын турш үзэгдэх болсон зэрлэг койот баасан гарагийн орой нэгэн гэр бүлийн хашаанд нэвтэрч, 16 сартай хүүхдийг халдлагад өртүүлсэн байна. Хүүхэд болон түүний ээж байшин руугаа зугтсан ч амьтан тэднийг даган орж, гарахыг эсэргүүцжээ. Хүүхэд эмнэлгийн тусламж авсны дараа эмнэлгээс гарсан байна.
Калифорни мужийн Загас, ан амьтны газрын төлөөлөгчийн мэдээлснээр, хэрэг болсон газраас олдсон койотыг устгаж, ДНХ-ийн шинжилгээгээр уг амьтан халдлага үйлдсэн болохыг баталгаажуулжээ. Тус амьтан өмнө нь ч оршин суугчдыг мөрдөж, түрэмгий зан авир гаргаж байсан талаар хяналтын камерын бичлэгүүд гэрчилж байна.
Үүнээс өмнө наймдугаар сард орон нутгийн KCRW радио станц уг койотын талаар мэдээлж, оршин суугчдын байр суурийг хуваалцахад зарим хүмүүс түүнийг нутагтаа байх эрхтэй гэж үзсэн бол зарим нь сэрэмжтэй байхыг анхааруулж байжээ. Зэрлэг ан амьтан хамгаалах байгууллагын тэргүүн Ребекка Дмитрюк долдугаар сард холбогдох газарт гомдол гаргаж, койотыг хооллодог иргэнтэй уулзахыг хүссэн ч хариу аваагүй байна.
Оршин суугчид хот болон мужийн холбогдох байгууллагуудад удаа дараа гомдол гаргасан ч дорвитой арга хэмжээ аваагүй гэдгийг Дмитрюк онцолжээ. Загас, ан амьтны газраас уг асуудлыг шалгаж байгаа бөгөөд хүүхэд гэмтэхээс өмнө зохих арга хэмжээ авах шаардлагатай байсныг мэргэжилтнүүд шүүмжилж байна.
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One Los Angeles neighborhood has been at war over a wild coyote, and over the weekend it all came to a head.
For months, the animal had been roaming the trendy Atwater Village, showing up in broad daylight, sleeping in back yards and approaching residents. At least one person had reportedly fed the coyote and others affectionately nicknamed it Wiley. But some residents feared the creature had become dangerously too cozy.
On Friday evening, the coyote entered a family’s back yard and attacked a 16-month-old boy. When the boy and his mother fled to their house, the animal followed them inside and was reluctant to leave, according to local news station KTLA. The child was treated at a hospital and discharged.
“A coyote was seen at the location where the incident occurred, and it was euthanized,” said a spokesperson for the California department of fish and wildlife. He added that DNA samples were collected from both the boy and the coyote. “Those samples have been analyzed and confirmed the coyote that was taken is the offending animal.”
This wasn’t the first time the coyote showed aggressive behavior. Apparently, the animal had a track record of stalking people in the neighborhood. Door-camera videos showed footage of residents screaming when the coyote approached and the animal chasing a cat up a tree, according to KTLA.
When local public radio station KCRW posted a story on Instagram in August titled “Is Wiley welcome in your neighborhood?”, commenters were torn. One person wrote: “I live here; I say he stays. It’s as much his home as anyone else’s.” While another cautioned: “We gotta stay vigilant tho lmfao. Homie be casually prowling in the driveway.”
Rebecca Dmytryk, who lives in Atwater Village and is the CEO of Humane Wildlife Control, told the Los Angeles Times that she filed a complaint in July to fish and wildlife asking that the agency speak with the man who was reportedly feeding the coyote, but she didn’t hear back.
“Single coyote reported loitering and hanging out in the person’s backyard sleeping on top of vehicle,” read Dmytryk’s complaint, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Coyote reportedly following people as they will do when they are human conditioned, associating humans with handouts.”
Other residents also filed complaints with the city and state, but say no action was taken. A spokesperson for fish and wildlife told the Los Angeles Times that the agency followed up on tips it received and is investigating the allegations of feeding the coyote.
“This situation required intervention long before a child was injured,” Dmytryk told the newspaper. “Now a child has been hurt, and a coyote is dead.”
