{"id":406922,"date":"2025-11-26T22:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406922\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:07:12","slug":"coyote-attacks-child-near-san-diego-westfield-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/406922\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote attacks child near San Diego Westfield mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As holiday shoppers take to stores, a coyote lurking near a San Diego shopping mall mauled a 3-year-old girl \u2014 sending her to the hospital, San Diego Police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The little girl was bitten on the arm and hip around 9 PM Tuesday near the Westfield UTC shopping mall in University City, according to law enforcement officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37776796\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/116247888.jpg\" alt=\"Westfield UTC sign in San Diego, California.\" class=\"wp-image-37776796\"  \/>A coyote attacks a 3-year-old girl near the San Diego Westfield mall, sending her to the hospital.  Autumn Sky \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened at 4500 La Jolla Village Drive, less than a minute walk from the Westfield shopping center that houses high-end retailers like Nordstrom, Tommy Bahama, J.Crew, and Madewell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The child was rushed to the hospital, while California State Parks department tried to track down the coyote\u2014 to no avail, the SDPD said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you find yourself face-to-face with an aggressive coyote, the best thing to do is \u201chaze\u201d the canine by standing tall, waving your arms and yelling, accordion to the Humane Society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5585997;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37776795\" width=\"920\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/116247927.jpg\" alt=\"A coyote walking on a road in Banff, Canada.\" class=\"wp-image-37776795\"  \/>A coyote in San Diego attacks a 3-year-old girl near mall.  Harry Collins \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Using noise makers like horns, bells or whistles or spraying the coyote with water will also deter the animal, the Humane Society says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coyote may run away, but then stop after a distance and look at you. It is important to continue to haze the coyote until they completely leave the area,\u201d the Humane Society states.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As holiday shoppers take to stores, a coyote lurking near a San Diego shopping mall mauled a 3-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":406923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,4749,8991,1582,276,3549,7264,58073,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-406922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-animal","10":"tag-attack","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-shopping-malls","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-us-news","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115618280563983942","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}