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Greenwood Village - Prowlers are on the loose in suburban Denver. Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat. Suburbanites from Broomfield to Lone Tree are howling about coyotes this spring, and the body count of pets is piling up, say municipal officials and animal experts. "It was devastating for our family," said Betty Jean Gribbon of Lone Tree about coyotes killing her family's beloved poodle mix, Emmy, a month ago. Their other dog, a pointer named Scout, survived an encounter but saddled the family with $1,000 in vet bills. Highlands Ranch, Colorado—Cody, a 2-year-old Maltese, was enjoying an evening walk with his family when a coyote attacked. The dog wasn’t roaming through open space. Cody was strolling down the sidewalk of a residential neighborhood, leash firmly attached to his owner’s wrist. The coyote appeared suddenly, rushed across the street, and grabbed Cody around his chest. Had the Maltese not been wearing a leash, Cody may have never been seen again. Cody’s family rushed him to Animal Hospital Specialty Center in Highlands Ranch, where veterinarians treated the dog for shock, multiple punctures and lacerations, and broken ribs. It's the third reported coyote attack in the past week. This time a wild animal grabbed a 2-year-old girl in its teeth and tried to drag her away. The savage attack happened Tuesday in Lake Arrowhead. The child was airlifted to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. This is the third attack by a coyote on a child in the Inland Empire in the past six months. The first two attacks occurred at a park in Chino Hills neighborhood, and the latest attack occurred in the San Bernardino Mountains at Lake Arrowhead. All of the children were treated at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. Fortunately, all the victims survived.

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[|Story:] [| Dad of tot attacked by coyote speaks out] The attack on the 2-year-old child occurred Tuesday shortly before noon on Laurel Dr. in Lake Arrowhead. Melissa Rowley was taking pictures of her 2-year-old daughter and three other children. She was putting her camera away. Arden Wiltshire is with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dept. "[Rowley] came out, she saw that a coyote had attacked her 2-year-old daughter and was attempting to drag that child out into the street," said Wiltshire. "She ran out after the coyote -- it dropped the child -- she was able to scoop the child up into her arms and get the children back into the residence." Neighbors told Eyewitness News what they heard and saw. Melissa Rowley left her children playing in the front yard for only a moment to step into her house. There have been three coyote attacks on small children Southern California in the past five days. On Tuesday a coyote grabbed the 2-year-old by the head and tried to drag her towards the street. (Getty Images/ABC) [|More Photos] When she came back a coyote was dragging her daughter away. It was the third time in five days a coyote had posed a threat to a small child in Southern California, [|San Bernardino] Sheriff's spokeswoman Arden Wiltshire said. The coyote grabbed the 2-year-old by the head and tried to drag her towards the street in the mountain community of Lake Arrowhead on Tuesday. When Rowley came out of the house and ran toward her daughter, the animal released the girl and ran away. Rowley took her daughter to a hospital where the toddler was treated for several puncture wounds to the head and neck area, and a laceration on her mouth. She was then flown to Loma Linda University Hospital for further treatment, although her injuries were not life-threatening. She was released from the hospital Wednesday afternoon and is expected to fully recover.
 * || Coyotes attacked a 51-year-old Denver woman walking her dog on Saturday evening ||
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 * || Jacque Levitch was walking her Labrador retriever Taz when she was surrounded by three coyotes near her home on the.. 3900 block of South Oneida Street."I almost felt like they wanted to dismember me or something," she said. ||
 * || Jacque Levitch was walking her Labrador retriever Taz when she was surrounded by three coyotes near her home on the.. 3900 block of South Oneida Street."I almost felt like they wanted to dismember me or something," she said. ||

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