China News Service, July 22. According to the Canadian "Sing Tao Daily" report, a crowdfunding page in Toronto, Canada is raising funds for a puppy. In order to protect the 10-year-old owner, it fights with coyotes. Seriously injured".
The author of this page, Ms. Guan, said that the coyote has been chasing her daughter and puppies until the 10-pound pup turned around to fight the coyote, which was several times larger than its body.
She wrote: “When my 10-year-old daughter was walking her dog outside, a coyote chased them in the street. The daughter yelled and the puppy tried to protect her, but was caught by the coyote in the neighbor’s front yard. attack."
The whole process was filmed and uploaded to the video website.
The video shows the girl running on the street, and her screams and the barking of the puppy can be heard from a distance.
According to 680 News, the incident occurred in a community on Warden Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East in Scarborough. Ms. Guan was on her way to work when she suddenly received a phone call from her daughter. When she rushed home, she found that the neighbor was with her daughter. And the bleeding puppy in the house.
According to Ms. Guan's description, the puppy's body and legs were seriously injured.
She said: "It has a bite-through wound on its back. Its face is covered with blood, and there is a very serious wound on its leg."
Ms. Guan wrote on the crowdfunding page: "It is undergoing a wound treatment operation at the emergency animal hospital. The puppy was rescued by us five years ago. I am a single mother with two children. The child and the dog are everything to me."
In an interview with 680 News, the girl chased by the coyote said that her first reaction at the time was to call for help, hoping that someone would come out to help them.
She described the coyote running towards them at a very fast speed, grabbing the puppy, and biting it 8 to 10 times.
"I rang the doorbell, but couldn't wait that long, so I went to another neighbor and they let me in."
The 10-year-old girl said that seeing a coyote in person caused her "mental trauma."
Ms. Guan said that the disturbing attack made her 10-year-old daughter feel isolated and reluctant to ride a bicycle or scooter nearby.
The girl added: "I'm scared, I don't want to go out to walk the dog anymore. I can walk it on the lawn."
Ms. Guan said that recently the entire community was worried because of the presence of wolves. They reported to the relevant government departments, but received no response.
Immediately after the attack, the city government sent a staff member over.
The official explained to Ms. Guan that capturing the coyote is an option.
You can also post slogans nearby, but this is "not very useful."
Ms. Guan hopes that the city can catch the aggressive coyotes and send them elsewhere.
According to the crowdfunding page, the injured puppy is now recovering in the Intensive Care Department of Toronto Veterinary Hospital. Ms. Guan estimates that its medical expenses will cost four to six thousand Canadian dollars.
As of Wednesday (21st) at 5 pm, GoFundMe page has raised 3,230 Canadian dollars.
As for the danger of coyotes, the city government and the Toronto Wildlife Center both stated that although coyotes are generally not a threat to humans, they are dangerous to pets.
Kavonen, executive director of the Toronto Wildlife Center, said that the coyotes that attacked girls and puppies were actually part of a study authorized by the Department of Natural Resources to investigate urban coyotes and their behavior.
She said that many people in the city fed food to coyotes, which caused problems. “For a long time, we have been very concerned and disturbed that this coyote and other coyotes in the area are being fed in large quantities, and it has been this way.” She It is said that people often feed coyotes in order to take pictures, which in turn creates problems.
In this incident, Cavonen believed that the coyote could not distinguish the difference between wild dogs and marmots and domestic pets such as cats and dogs, and that the girl's running in the incident was more likely to stimulate the coyote's response.
According to the city government, the following is how to protect yourself in the event of a coyote:
-Don't feed the coyotes.
-Do not approach coyotes, their nests or children.
-Do not touch the coyotes, even if they look tame, sick or injured.
-Tie your dog to the rope.
-If you see a coyote, don't run, but make a sound to scare it away.
-Dispose of rubbish and waste before leaving the park.