These coyote's natural food source must have either dwindled or is almost non-existent. They may have wanted the woman's dog. When food sources are low for predators they will try to find something to take its place. In this case they could have wanted the dog or were looking for a larger prey to feed their pack. Unfortunately humans are most likely the cause of this incident. Since we have been expanding into their habitat, they have to adapt to the changes or died. This is happening with other animals (cougar/mountain lion, wolves and bears are all having to deal with more humans in their territory) also which will only get worst since they will go after small pets to add to their diet so the can make it  instead of dying.

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