词条 | Kelly Keen coyote attack |
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The Kelly Keen coyote attack is the only known fatal coyote attack on a child, as well as the only known fatal coyote attack on a human ever confirmed in the United States. On August 26, 1981, three-year-old Los Angeles resident Kelly Lynn Keen was dragged off her property and fatally wounded by a coyote before being rescued by her father. The event is also notable for its aftermath, in which large numbers of coyotes were killed and two animal rights activists provoked an uproar by claiming that her parents, not the coyote, had killed her. The attackOn August 26, 1981, three-year-old girl Kelly Keen was left by her mother, Cathy to do some daily chores. Kelly was watching educational television programs in the living room of the family's home in the Chevy Chase Canyon Neighborhood[1] of Glendale, California, but she let herself out the front door and stepped into the driveway encountering an urban coyote. The coyote took Kelly in its mouth and ran off, dragging her through the street. Her father, Robert, came running quickly, chased the coyote off, and rushed Kelly to the Glendale Adventist Medical Center, where she was in surgery for four hours before she died.[2][2] The cause of death was a broken neck and blood loss as a direct result of the coyote attack.[3] She is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.[4] The aftermathGovernment reactionFollowing Keen's death, the Glendale Commissioner's personnel developed the first serious urban coyote management program, including 80 days of leghold trapping and shooting within a 0.5-mile (0.8-km) radius of the attack site, during which county personnel trapped and shot 55 coyotes.[5] Accusations by animal rights activistsIn 2004, former child actress and animal rights activist Pamelyn Ferdin attended a Glendale City Council meeting to oppose a proposal to cull urban coyotes. Ferdin addressed the Council wearing a shirt covered in fake blood, urging the city not to kill coyotes. She mentioned the Kelly Keen attack, and argued that rather than having been killed by a coyote, Keen had been the victim of child abuse. She claimed that medical records indicated that the child died of a ruptured spleen, which could only have come from blunt trauma, not an animal bite. Fellow animal rights activist Michael Bell went further, claiming that, after digging around in hospital records, he discovered discrepancies and missing documents. He stated that the coyote story was a cover-up for how the child really died. Kelly's parents, Robert and Cathy Keen, watched the meeting live on cable and, upon hearing Bell's statement, raced to the Glendale City hall to respond to the allegations. They recounted the event to the council, and showed the death certificate, which listed the cause of the child's injuries as "mauled by a coyote".[5][2] Ferdin's stance remained unchanged; "I stand by my beliefs that a coyote did not kill [Kelly Keen]." Councilman Frank Quintero stated: "What the activists said at the dais was cruel and absolutely uninformed ... Knowing the mother, it broke my heart that they would do that to her. When they were making the accusations, I was considering stopping them."[2] Similar attacksUSDA and California State University researchers have confirmed at least thirty-five incidents in the state in which "the possibility of serious or fatal injury seems likely if the child had not been rescued" from coyotes, including the following sample of confirmed coyote attacks on children in California that were likely to have ended similarly if the child had not been saved in time:
Other reports of non-fatal coyote attacks on children in California:
Coyote attack on teenagers in California:
See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Chevy-Chase-Canyon-Glendale-CA.html|title=Chevy Chase Canyon neighborhood in Glendale, California (CA), 91206 subdivision profile - real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets|website=www.city-data.com}} 2. ^1 2 Life & Times Transcript, 05/06/04 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307235103/http://www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/archives/200405/20040506.php |date=March 7, 2009 }} 3. ^The Urban Coyote Problem in Los Angeles County, Robert G. Howell Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1982> 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85439123|title=Kelly Lynn Keen (1978-1981) - Find A Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com}} 5. ^1 2 A History of Urban Coyote Problems, Robert M. Tim & Rex O. Baker, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2007 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Timm |first1=Robert M. |last2=Baker |first2=Rex O. |last3=Bennett |first3=Joe R. |last4=Coolahan |first4=Craig C. |date=2004-03-03 |title=Coyote Attacks: An Increasing Suburban Problem |publisher=Hopland Research and Extension Center |pages=47–49 |url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qg662fb |accessdate=2012-06-25 |quote=From the information gathered, we now list 89 coyote attacks in California (incidents when one or more coyotes made physical contact with a child or adult, or attacked a pet while in close proximity to its owner; Table 1). In 56 of these attacks, one or more persons suffered an injury. In 77 additional encounters (not listed), coyotes stalked children, chased individuals, or aggressively threatened adults. In 35 incidents (not all listed), where coyotes stalked or attacked small children, the possibility of serious or fatal injury seems likely if the child had not been rescued.}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/coyote-attacks-12-year-old-spring-valley|title=COYOTE ATTACKS 12-YEAR-OLD IN SPRING VALLEY|date=29 June 2010|website=eastcountymagazine.org}} 8. ^{{cite web |last=Venegas |first=Ana |date=22 July 2013 |title=2-year-old recovering from coyote attack at Cypress cemetery |publisher=ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/coyote-517979-luper-coyotes.html |accessdate=23 July 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news |last=Foxhall |first=Emily |date=23 July 2013 |title=2-year-old girl in 'good spirits' after coyote attack at O.C. |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Tribune Newspaper Websites |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cypress-coyote-attack-20130723,0,82886.story |accessdate=24 July 2013}} 10. ^{{cite web |author=City News Service |title=Woman sues Forest Lawn after coyote attack while visiting her mother's grave |publisher=LA Daily News |url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20131017/woman-sues-forest-lawn-after-coyote-attack-while-visiting-her-mothers-grave |accessdate=27 October 2013 |quote=According to the suit, it happened because of insufficient gating and the lack of other preventive measures by cemetery officials. The park also allegedly failed to warn visitors of the risk of being in a cemetery where the wild animals freely roamed, the suit states. Teroganesian suffered 'various severe and permanent injuries' because of the incident, according to the complaint.}} 11. ^{{cite web |last=Cheng |first=Kimberly |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Woman Claims 4-Year-Old Daughter Was Attacked by Coyote Outside Hollywood Home |website=ktla.com |publisher=Tribune |url=http://ktla.com/2014/11/21/woman-claims-4-year-old-daughter-was-attacked-by-coyote-outside-hollywood-home/ |accessdate=1 December 2014 |quote=The Department of Fish and Wildlife were investigating an alleged coyote attack involving a 4-year-old girl in Hollywood. The incident reportedly occurred Sunday morning in the Hollywood Dell area.}} 12. ^{{cite web |date=December 26, 2014 |title=Fremont Police Kill Coyote After It Attacked Residents On Christmas Afternoon |website=CBS SF Bay Area |publisher=CBS |url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/12/26/fremont-police-coyote-attacks-christmas/ |accessdate=31 December 2014}} 13. ^{{cite web |last=Bender |first=Kristen J. |date=Dec 30, 2014 |title=California Coyote That Bit Man, Child Not Rabid |website=abcnews.go.com |publisher=ABC News Internet Ventures |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/california-coyote-killed-bites-man-child-27902605 |accessdate=3 January 2015 |quote=A state Department of Public Health tested its brain tissues and determined it did not have rabies...}} 14. ^{{cite web |last=Cheng |first=Kimberly |date=January 14, 2015 |title=Woman Claims Coyote Tried to Grab Baby From Her Arms in Ladera Ranch /|website=KTLA Channel 5 |publisher=ABC News |url=http://ktla.com/2015/01/14/woman-claims-coyote-tried-to-grab-baby-from-her-arms-in-ladera-ranch |accessdate=20 January 2015}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Amy |last2=MacBride |first2=Melissa |date=May 23, 2015 |title=3-YEAR-OLD GIRL BITTEN BY COYOTE IN IRVINE |website=abc7.com |publisher=ABC Inc., KABC-TV Los Angeles |url=http://abc7.com/pets/3-year-old-girl-bitten-by-coyote-in-irvine/737235/ |accessdate=10 October 2015 |quote=A 3-year-old girl playing with her sister and mother was attacked from behind by a coyote Friday at a park in Irvine. The girl was bitten in the neck shortly before 6 p.m. at Silverado Park at Silverado and Equinox. Ginna McKenna heard screams and ran over to help. 'I ran across the park,' McKenna said. 'They said that the coyote charged the little girl. They were two twins and they were playing and supposedly it went after one girl.' The girl was taken to a hospital and was released hours later with minor cut in the neck. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials responded, but the coyote took off and remained at large. They recommend removing pet food and water from reach. 'When you remove the attractants, they have to move on back to their natural habitat to survive,' Lt. Kent Smirl said. 'So it′s a matter of education. It takes persistence, consistency and patience.'}} 16. ^{{cite web |last=Schwebke |first=Scott |date=May 25, 2015 |title=Neighborhood on edge after coyote attacks girl in Irvine park |publisher=The Orange County Register |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/coyote-662894-dad-scared.html |accessdate=8 July 2015}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Irvine-Family-Injured-in-Coyote-Attack-333156711.html|title=Irvine Family Injured in Coyote Attack|website=nbclosangeles.com}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/coyote-731966-boy-hughan.html|title=6-year-old boy attacked by coyote while playing in Irvine park|date=13 October 2016|website=ocregister.com}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/08/09/4-coyotes-euthanized-after-spate-of-attacks-at-montebello-park/|title=4 Coyotes Euthanized After Spate Of Attacks At Montebello Park|date=9 August 2016|website=cbslocal.com}} 6 : Deaths due to animal attacks in the United States|Deaths due to coyote attacks|History of Los Angeles County, California|Accidental deaths in California|Glendale, California|1981 in California |
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