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Canadian teen attacked by coyote
CAPE BRETON, Nova Scotia, A teenage Canadian girl Monday survived being attacked by a coyote while she slept at a campground in Nova Scotia, authorities said.
The attack occurred about 4:30 a.m. in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. A nearby hospital treated the unidentified girl for two bite wounds to her scalp and released her, the network said.
"It's difficult for us to say exactly what happened," Derek Quann, resource conservation manager with Parks Canada, said. "It doesn't appear that the bite was provoked by anything the person did. It's important to mention that she was in a sleeping bag outside of her tent, close to the tent, when this occurred."
Quann said the agency was educating visitors about coyote behavior and how to react if attacked. He said the agency also was taking steps to attract any coyotes in the area so they could be safely and humanely trapped.
There are an estimated 8,000 coyotes in Nova Scotia. Provincial officials say up to half of them could be killed by next spring, the CBC said.
CAPE BRETON, Nova Scotia, A teenage Canadian girl Monday survived being attacked by a coyote while she slept at a campground in Nova Scotia, authorities said.
The attack occurred about 4:30 a.m. in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. A nearby hospital treated the unidentified girl for two bite wounds to her scalp and released her, the network said.
"It's difficult for us to say exactly what happened," Derek Quann, resource conservation manager with Parks Canada, said. "It doesn't appear that the bite was provoked by anything the person did. It's important to mention that she was in a sleeping bag outside of her tent, close to the tent, when this occurred."
Quann said the agency was educating visitors about coyote behavior and how to react if attacked. He said the agency also was taking steps to attract any coyotes in the area so they could be safely and humanely trapped.
There are an estimated 8,000 coyotes in Nova Scotia. Provincial officials say up to half of them could be killed by next spring, the CBC said.
