![]() ![]() Have a story tip? Email: us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.Local wildlife photographer Ron Wilson is sharing a hair-raising experience as a warning to others who enjoy taking in the great outdoors and may sometimes forget the threat from wildlife because it’s often quiet, but always very real. READ ALSO: Second coyote attack in two weeks reported in AldergroveĪfter the Addision incident was reported, another encounter came to light, involving a dog owner and a pack of coyotes a few blocks away.Ī large dog, a German Shepherd, was reportedly the target of a coyote pack, according to a social media post. She and her dog were rescued by a passing SUV that ran off the coyotes. ![]() Kristy Addison nearly lost her small seven-year-old Keeshond Cena to three coyotes in a June 29 incident, just south of Robertson Crescent on 244th Street while they were out for a walk.Īddison suffered a couple of holes in the leg of her pants and a small bruise on her leg ,while her dog lost a few tufts of fur when one coyote tried to go after Cena. Medeiros and Sage’s confrontation with a coyote occurred around the same time as two other reported incidents of coyotes going after dog owners and their pets in Langley’s Aldergrove community. READ ALSO: Aldergrove woman rescued from coyote attack locates Good Samaritans While Medeiros said she feels for the animals that are being pushing out of their spaces by all the growth and building in Langley, “but it’s still super scary to come face-to-face with an aggressive animal.” I carry a pet corrector spray, and a coyote spray, just in case,” Medeiros elaborated. “Now every morning walk makes me nervous, and I am even more observant of my surroundings to be prepared. Medeiros has also reported the incident the B.C. ![]() When we got out of it’s sight ran my dog as fast as I could to get away, and every person I passed, I let them know to watch out.” “It was a huge coyote and I am recovering from neck surgery and would not be able to handle an encounter any more aggressive. “It really scared me a lot,” Medeiros told the Langley Advance Times. Without the air compressor pet corrector to stop it I’m not sure the outcome.” “When we got far enough away, out of sight, we booked it up the hill. She said she had to use it three to four times. Medeiros used a compressed air ‘pet corrector’ (that emits a hissing sound to interrupt undesirable behavior by a dog) to keep the coyote from following. on June 15, when a coyote began to stalk them. Another Langley dog owner has reported an unsettling encounter with a coyote.Īmber Medeiros was walking her dog Sage, a medium-sized lab-pit-beagle cross, at Meadows Edge Park in Langley Meadows around 6:30 a.m. ![]()
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