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HOSPITAL, AND THEIR CONDITION
HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU
LATER.
MEANWHILE, RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED
THAT A PACK OF COYOTES ARE
LIVING IN THEIR BACKYARD.
ERIN MURPHY EXPLAINS HOW THESE
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS ARE MORE
THAN A THREAT TO THEIR PETS.
Reporter: NEIGHBORS FEAR THAT
COYOTES ARE CREEPING IN THEIR
FIELDS WAITING FOR THE PERFECT
TIME TO STRIKE.
HE'S BEEN STARING AT
SOMETHING.
BEFORE I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT
OF ANYTHING, BUT NOW I AM
THINKING THERE MAY AN COYOTE
OVER THERE SO I KEEP A CLOSER
EYE ON HIM.
Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
NEWS GATHERING PARTNERS AT THE
DAILY JOURNAL PETS HAVE GONE
MISSING IN GREENWOOD.
ONE WOMAN SAID THAT THE ATTACK
HAPPENED IN A FENCED-IN YARD.
WHILE LISTENING TO COYOTES LATE
AT NIGHT HAS NOT BEEN WORRISOME
BEFORE BUT NOW THERE IS A NEW
FEAR AMONG DOG OWNERS.
WE HEARD OF THE ATTACK OF
COYOTES AND GREENWOODS POLICE
SAYING THIS WAS THE TENTH ONE,
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE STARTED
THINKING ABOUT IT MORE.
Reporter: THE CITY OF
GREENWOOD IS TAKING NOTICE.
ON THEIR WEBSITE IS A LETTER
INFORMING HOMEOWNERS WHAT TO DO
IF THEY COME ACROSS A COYOTE.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THAT COYOTE
VERSUS GRABBED BELOVED PETS IS
NERVE-WRACKING.
WE'VE SEEN THEM IN CORN
FIELDS BEHIND US, AND WE'VE HAD
THEM COME RIGHT UP IN OUR
BACKYARD.
SO THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT
NOW THAT THEY'RE BUILDING HOUSES
BACK THERE I THOUGHT WE WOULD