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GOOD EVENING, COYOTES ARE
CREEPING INTO CITIES IN INDIANA.
NOW THERE ARE NEW REPORTS OF
COYOTE ATTACK.
JOHN LaBERGE TALKED TO ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICERS ABOUT THE
THREAT.
Reporter: THEIR ATTACKS CAN
COME AT ANYTIME, THEY LURK IN
THE SHADOWS AND EVEN ATTACK IN
BROOD DAYLIGHT.
I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PROBABLY
THEIR BIGGEST BEAST OF CHOICE
ARE CATS.
NORMALLY IT'S A VERY VIOLENT
ATTACK.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO AFTER THE
FOOD, AND YOU ARE GOING TO FIND
A FUR BALL BY THE TIME YOU ARE
DONE.
Reporter: MOST ATTACKS GO
UNREPORTED SO THERE'S NO WAY TO
KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PETS ARE
KILLED.
A HOMEOWNER SAID TWO COYOTES
JUMPED HER FENCE AND SNATCHED
HER DOG.
TOM ROGERS ESTIMATES HAMILTON
COUNTY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 2500
OF THESE PREDATORS.
WE MOVED INTO THEIR AREA, THE
BEST WAY TO CURVE THE PROBLEM IS
KEEP THE FOOD SOURCES INSIDE,
AND YOUR SMALL PET COULD BE
CONSIDERED A FOOD SOURCE FOR A
COYOTE.
THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO BREED WITH
DOMESTIC DOGS.
Reporter: THE RESULT IS WHAT
IS CALLED A COY-DOG.