COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife says they've caught a coyote with human DNA on its paws, tying it to an attack on a 4-year-old girl over Thanksgiving.  The attack happened in a neighborhood east of Monument Creek and Interstate 25 near the U.S. Air Force Academy. At the time, CPW said officers would kill any coyotes in the area of the attack because it’s impossible to identify a single coyote and also to check for ra…

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Even though CPW has found the coyote linked to the attack, the investigation into illegal wildlife feeding will continue.

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CPW catches coyote with human DNA, linking it to attack on 4-year-old girl

COLORADO SPRINGS (KXRM) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it has caught the coyote connected to a Thanksgiving attack on a 4-year-old child. According to CPW, weeks of searching and trapping resulted in the capture of a coyote found with human DNA on its paws and human food in its stomach, leading CPW to conclude it was the animal involved in the attack. 
	
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Coyote caught with human DNA linked to Thanksgiving attack: CPW

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said it has caught the coyote connected to a Thanksgiving attack on a 4-year-old child. According to CPW, weeks of searching and trapping resulted in the capture of a coyote found with human DNA on its paws and human food in its stomach, leading CPW to conclude it was the animal involved in the attack. 
	
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Coyote caught with human DNA linked to Thanksgiving attack

Human DNA found on the paws of one of two coyotes killed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife suggests the animal was the one that attacked a child in Colorado Springs on Thanksgiving.  The capture comes after weeks of CPW trapping multiple coyotes in and around the northern Colorado Springs neighborhood where the attack occurred when the girl and a friend approached the animal hoping to feed it after mistaking it for a dog.  CPW spokesperson Bill Vog…

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Coyote killed near where a child was attacked in Colorado Springs had human DNA on its paws, wildlife officers say

The search has ended for a coyote that attacked a 4-year-old girl after she and another child approached the animal.

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