Reports of aggressive coyotes prompt warning to keep pets away from Vancouver park

B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service is warning residents in Vancouver’s Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood to keep pets out of Trafalgar Park after reports of aggressive behaviour by coyotes.

The COS said in a tweet that there have been reports of the animals attacking dogs and following people.

Dog walker Ava Lund said she encountered an aggressive coyote in the neigbourhood around the park on Friday afternoon.

She said she was with a client’s dog near Valley Drive and King Edward Avenue when a coyote ran at them.

“It came right up to us. I thought it was going to bite me or the dog that I was walking,” she said. “I was screaming, the dog was barking, lunging …

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