Several communities in Massachusetts are warning residents and dog walkers to be on the lookout for coyotes after a string of violent encounters.
Police in the town of Hopkinton, about 32 miles west of Boston, said a woman was walking her dog on Thursday when a coyote grazed one of the animals.
In Milford, not far from Hopkinton, a coyote took a dog named “Guido” off Pine Island Road on Wednesday morning, city animal control officials said.
The incident involving the coyote follows another encounter in which a coyote attacked a woman in Fall River, a town about 55 miles south of Boston, earlier this week.
Residents of the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain complained earlier this month of seeing a coyote carrying the body of a small dog.
Several communities in Massachusetts have been warned by officials.Zachary Byer
Milford animal control officers said in a Facebook post that residents should be extra vigilant at dusk and dawn, which are optimal hunting times for coyotes.
Police in Hopkinton said in a statement that residents should consider carrying a cane.
They also said police “are horrified this happened to someone’s fur friend, they are family members and it is a huge loss when we lose them.”
Coyotes have become a growing nuisance in several urban and suburban Massachusetts communities in recent years.
The town of Nahant decided late last year to become the first in the state to contract with the federal government to kill the animals.
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