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'Extraordinarily aggressive' East Bay coyote that bit 5 people gets captured, euthanized FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A Moraga resident photographed a coyote in a location that he said was a block from where a 3-year-old girl was bitten Feb. 16, 2021. The animal was more interested in the garbage placed outside a home than him, he said.Baldwin LeeShow MoreShow Less 2of3 A Moraga resident photographed a coyote in a location that he said was a block from where a 3-year-old girl was bitten Feb. 16, 2021. The animal was more interested in the garbage placed outside a home than him, he said.Baldwin L...

Coyote Linked To Multiple Attacks Caught, Euthanized Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail Bay City News Foundation An unusually aggressive coyote that attacked five people in the Lafayette-Moraga area of Contra Costa County over the past eight months was caught and euthanized Thursday, state fish and wildlife officials said. DNA testing on the coyote matched that found on bite victims, according to a news release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. While there is no evidence the animal was rabid, UC Davis veterinary staff will be conducting rabies tests on the carcass a...

By Vera Kochan Bigstock images For the past eight months, a lone coyote has been attributed to five DNA confirmed attacks within Lafayette and Moraga which have taken place primarily at dusk or dawn. The first attack, on July 9, 2020, involved a 2-year-old boy near the parking lot restrooms at the Moraga Commons Park. A second attack, on Dec. 4, took place at the Campolindo High School stadium where a man was bitten while exercising. Another attack came on Dec. 15 behind Lafayette's Diablo Foods while an employee was taking a break. The next incident occurred on Feb. 16 when a 3-...

Statue by Nazi-era artist removed from Bay Area college campus FacebookTwitterEmail A Change.org petition from three students calls for the removal of a Nazi-era statue from St. Mary’s College in Moraga.Change.org A statue by a German sculptor celebrated by the Nazi Party during World War II has been removed from display at St. Mary’s College in Moraga after three students circulated a petition demanding its ouster. The metal statue of a boy and a falcon by sculptor Fritz von Graevenitz, who also sculpted Nazi-era works in the 1930s and 1940s, was taken down from the courtyard of the camp...

Skip to main content Currently Reading The same coyote has bitten 5 people since July in the Moraga and Lafayette areas: 'It came quietly from behind and pounced' FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A sign warns people of the danger in a Moraga neighborhood where a 3-year-old was bit by a coyote while on a walk with her family near her home.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of5 The town council of Moraga discuss the recent coyote bites Wednesday, Feb. 24, at their meeting, with their chief of police and a lieutenant helping the efforts to catch the animal.Town of MoragaShow MoreShow Less