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Dallas Animal Services is hosting a public meeting tomorrow to discuss recent coyote sightings.
According to an announcement from the District 14 City Council office, the meeting will be about reports of “abnormal coyote behavior in the area (5919 Belmont and 5604 Willis).”
The meeting is scheduled for 5-6:30 p.m. May 25 at Lakewood Branch Library (6121 Worth St.).
It comes weeks after a 2-year-old boy was attacked by a coyote in White Rock Valley. The boy was on the front porch of his home when the coyote attacked him.
Dallas Animal Services created a hotline for residents to report coyote sightings and received 85 calls within one week.
Urban coyote behavior is considered concerning if the animal enters yards, porches, picnic areas or other spaces where people populate; if the animal is not easily scared off or startled; or if the animal steals food from porches.
If those activities are observed, make noise, wave arms, toss objects near the coyote, spray it with a hose or annoy it until it leaves. Then call the coyote hotline at 469.676.9813 and report the sighting.
Let Dallas Animal Services know the address and time of encounter, describe what happened, whether the hazing techniques worked, if the coyote was seen eating food, whether kids or pets were there and whether there were signs of illness of injury.
