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4-year-old boy injured in second attack by coyote in North Kildonan area

A four-year-old boy was attacked by a coyote in the Headmaster Row area of North Kildonan on June 30, Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development said in a release Sunday. 

Some residents on edge as incident follows June 24 coyote attack involving 9-year-old child

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A coyote walks along a road.
Neighbours of a nine-year-old boy involved in a June 24 attack said they had seen this large coyote stalking up and down the streets for weeks, even attacking house pets. Shelley Alexander, founder of the Canid Conservation Science Lab, says coyotes rarely attack humans. When they do it's often because they have been fed, she said. (Submitted by Suzy Logan)

A four-year-old boy was attacked by a coyote in the Headmaster Row area of North Kildonan in Winnipeg on Friday, Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development said in a news release Sunday. 

The attack happened six days after a coyote mauled a nine-year-old boy, also in the North Kildonan area. 

The four-year-old child has been treated and released from hospital, the news release said.

Conservation officers have increased patrols and brought in a trapper from the Manitoba Trappers Association to help out, but the public is still advised to take extra precautions, especially with young children, the news release said. 

The attacks have people who live in the area on edge. 

'They've gotta do something'

Steve Halabura, who lives a block over from the location of the latest attack, said he's never seen so many coyotes in the 50 years he's lived there.

One recently followed him while out on a walk, he told CBC. 

A man sits on a walker chair.
Steve Halabura lives near where the most recent coyote attack took place. He says the animals have been more and more active in the last three years. (Walther Bernal/CBC )

"They've gotta do something about it ... because they're getting bad here," he said. "I really have to go ahead and watch myself so I don't get mauled or thrown over."

"They've been coming on stronger and stronger," Halabura said. 

Other area residents say they're being more vigilant with their children and cautioning them what to do if they encounter a coyote. 

"We tell them to kind of act big and make a lot of noise," Richard Peters said.

The father of children age six and one said the animals seem to use open fields, long grass and bush as passages to move around the area, which is on the edge of the city and sports many open field areas. 

"We can hear them at night. They're obviously very active," Peters said.

He no longer lets his kids out unattended in the front yard — a change brought about by the first attack two weeks ago. 

Manitoba Conservation encourages people to supervise children closely. They also ask people to feed pets indoors, keep their pets leashed and reduce attractants.

If a coyote is spotted, people should stay in groups, make noise and do what they can to appear large and not run, as that "might incite a chase," the news release said.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Turn in Poachers (TIP) line at 1-800-782-0076.

With files from Lauren Donnelly

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