Wildlife officials order coyote hunt in LA’s Griffith Park after attack

Officials target, kill coyotes after attack in LA

LOS ANGELES — Wildlife officials have conducted a coyote hunt in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park after a coyote bit a man’s foot.

California Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday that trappers killed eight coyotes in a crackdown last week.

State officials ordered the hunt after a coyote bit a man on Sept. 16 while he was lying on the grass in the sprawling park.

Earlier this month, singer Jessica Simpson’s dog Daisy was snatched near her parents’ home in Encino, about 12 miles west of Griffith Park.

Agency spokesman Kyle Orr says the attack on Simpson’s pet did not prompt the coyote hunt. He says coyotes are normally wary of people, but they present a threat to small children and others when humans feed them and they lose fear.