Coyote Killed After Attacking Girl In Westchester Was Rabid

The coyote that lunged at, and bit a 5-year-old girl at Carroll Park in Thornwood Sunday has tested positive for rabies. The child, who was at the park with her parents, was "just playing with other children when the coyote approached and bit her, on the left forearm" said Mount Pleasant Police Lt.
http://peekskill.dailyvoice.com/news/coyote-killed-after-attacking-girl-in-westchester-was-rabid/736481/

Off-duty officer throttles coyote during playground attack in New York

... grabbed a little girl by the arm and tried to drag her away. Arcangelo Liberatore was in a park with his family in Thornwood, New York, on Sunday when the animal attacked five-year-old Natalia Petrellese. After getting his wife and children to ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5675241/Off-duty-officer-throttles-coyote-playground-attack.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

A coyote in the wild near Corvallis, Oregon.

An off-duty police officer jumped on a coyote and throttled it as the animal attacked a 5-year-old girl on a suburban New York playground. Kasey King-Petrellese told WNBC that the coyote appeared out of nowhere and bolted "like a cheetah" toward her daughter, Natalia, and 3-year-old son on Sunday in Thornwood.
http://www.cbs46.com/story/38076344/coyote-attacking-children-on-playground-throttled-by-off-duty-officer

Cop fights coyote to save kid at Westchester park

An off-duty cop meeting his wife and kids at a Westchester County playground foiled a terrifying coyote attack on a little girl. Irvington Officer Arcangelo Liberatore had just finished a run and was at the park in Thornwood with his wife, 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son Sunday at about 4:40 p.m., when he saw the coyote climb through a fence into the playground.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fights-coyote-save-kid-westchester-park-article-1.3964471

Coyote attacking children on New York playground throttled by off-duty officer

... appeared out of nowhere and bolted "like a cheetah" toward her daughter, Natalia, and 3-year-old son on Sunday in Thornwood. "I took my foot and I kicked him as hard as I could in his face, which knocked him to the ground and he stumbled a little. ...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/01/coyote-attacking-children-on-new-york-playground-throttled-by-off-duty-officer.html

"I was telling my wife, I'm just wired differently than most people, I think. I run toward danger."

An off-duty police officer jumped on a coyote and throttled it as the animal attacked a girl on a suburban New York playground, leaving the child with an arm bite that required a rabies shot, stiches and antibiotics. The girl's mother, Kasey King-Petrellese, told WNBC that the coyote appeared out of nowhere and bolted "like a cheetah" toward 5-year-old Natalia and her 3-year-old brother in Thornwood on Sunday.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/30/off-duty-cop-throttles-coyote-attacking-child/

Off-duty officer throttles coyote during playground attack

An off-duty police officer jumped on a coyote and throttled it as the animal attacked a 5-year-old girl on a suburban New York playground. Kasey King-Petrellese told WNBC that the coyote appeared out of nowhere and bolted "like a cheetah" toward her daughter, Natalia, and 3-year-old son on Sunday in Thornwood.
http://www.startribune.com/off-duty-officer-throttles-coyote-during-playground-attack/481266441/