ARLINGTON, Mass. — On two separate occasions, two young children were saved by police Sunday evening after they were attacked by a coyote. Boston 25 News reports that officers were first alerted at approximately 5:40 p.m. to Epping Street after receiving reports that a child was bitten by a coyote. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 2-year-old girl in her yard with bite marks on her back after she was dragged by a coyote.
Officers were called etc minutes later to Summer Hill Circle for reports of another child attached by a coyote. Another 2-year-old girl was scratched by a coyote. Both children were transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation but their injuries were not considered life threatening.
Meanwhile, residents are on the lookout with several sharing surveillance footage of the bold animals strolling through neighborhoods.
In one of the attacks on Sunday, the coyote was described as the size of a German Shepherd.
As a precaution, both victims will undergo treatment for rabies.
The incidents remain under investigation by the Arlington Police Department, Arlington Health and Human Services, and the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
