New Hampshire Man Choked & Killed Coyote After It Atacked His Family; Man & Nature

[appalachiablue]

'A New Hampshire man fought and killed a coyote on Monday,' police said, bringing a spate of attacks to an end.' The Guardian, Jan. 21, 2020. (I read that coyotes are more aggressive in winter & will attack pets, deer & kids if they can't find other prey).

Ian O’Reilly, from Kensington, choked the coyote to death after it attacked his two-year-old child. The same coyote is believed to have bitten a woman in the buttocks earlier in the day, and attacked a car. The coyote targeted O’Reilly’s family while they were walking on a trail near Kensington. It bit one of O’Reilly’s three children, prompting the father to kick it. O’Reilly then throttled the animal.

“There was no interest in it going away,” O’Reilly told Boston 25 News. “ ultimately had to make the decision to become the aggressor and jumped on it, attacked it and [got] it to the ground. “When I was able to get on top of it, I put my hand on its snout so it wasn’t able to attack me. There was quite a bit of snow on the ground, so I shoved the face into the snow and then eventually was able [to] put my hand on its snout and expire it through suffocation.

“Ultimately one hand on its windpipe and one hand on its snout did the trick.” O’Reilly was reportedly bitten in the arm and chest. His child was wearing a bulky snowsuit and was unharmed.“The coyote attacked a young child, and the child’s dad went into protection mode and suffocated the coyote until it succumbed,” police said...

More, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/21/new-hampshire-coyote-choke-death-toddler

[angstlessk]

1. Good for the dad...not so good for the coyote

but given all the evidence, the coyote had to go, sad but true.

[appalachiablue]

2. Yup, the Dad had to do it. The coyotes' food source can really deplete

this time of year; they get desperate, starving and can attack kids, pets and even deer.

My dad was very familiar with dogs and nature all his life and we had pets growing up. But when I was a toddler mom said a pet turned and bit me, and it had to go.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Coyotes come into my neighborhood. They prey on the neighborhood dogs and cats.

I have very little sympathy for coyotes.