Coyote attacks dog, chases girl in Scarborough

A Scarborough neighbourhood is on edge after a coyote chased a young girl and attacked her dog. Caryn Ceolin with the scary ordeal caught on security video. The footage contains content some viewers may find disturbing.

[teresaavalos]

I’m happy the dog survived. The coyote could have easily killed it. I think it’s better to pick up a small pet when it’s in danger of being attacked if anything.

[thedevilsadvodkate]

The coyote was chasing her dog, not her. The dog was fighting for it's own life. Wow what a way to spin this CP. For shame.

The coyote came after the dog, the girl let go of the leash and the dog was defending itself because its human abandoned it. No hero story here, just a scared dog forced to defend itself. Hope it will fully recover 💗💗💗

[isabellacolby]

Is this a joke? The coyote wanted the dog the whole time and the girl just abandoned the dog to be a meal…meanwhile the media is giving it a heart warming spin? creepy

[MrErpolitics]

Never seen a kid willfully abandon or sacrifice their own pet before

[macbrush]

Obviously, the Coyote was focused on the dog, probably hunting it, and totally ignored the human. The dog had no choice but to face the Coyote to fight or it would've been killed.

[kryptojunkie]

I must of missed the part where the dog saved the girl... looked to me like the little girl could just run faster then the dog 🤣

[CharlesHatton]

My first instinct is to pick my dog up (big dogs have rattled my nerves a bit before when taking him outside). I’m 5’11” and 165lbs. She is definitely too small to be walking the dog alone…

[peggylee]

What a brave doggie! I wish her a speedy recovery.

[bbtlover]

I think a 10 yrs old girl is too young to leash the dog by herself alone, poor

[calidreams]

Why is this child walking the dog by herself? She’s screaming for help and clearly no people around to help her. It’s fortunate nothing worse happened. SMH

[siennashell]

Yikes. The first mistake was to let go of the dog. Coyotes never go after largeR game, especially humans. It was obviously after the smaller dog because it’s an easy target. I’m honestly surprised the dog is alive.

[christopherbrown]

The dog had no choice, she left her 🤣

[jimmycline]

I live in Arizona, last week a coyote came running at me with my dachshund in my arms in front of my house!I’m a 230 pound man, so I ran at it with a solid grip on my dog yelling and throwing my free arm in the hair, it went around me and kept running, I’ve lived here for 15 years and never seen a coyote around my house! My 3 dachshunds will never go out at night without me! Bella trembled and made a cry I’ve never heard her make when she seen it!

[staycool]

Everything about this makes me angry! That poor little dog!

[michaelskywalker]

I like how the Yorkie held it's own and ended up barking at the Coyote as it slinked away.

[coridouglas]

The yorkie is WHAT the coyote was chasing.. 😂 Not the child.

[darianspaeth]

That dog did not defend the little girl!! The dog was trying to get away…

[lizliz]

Sad to see a little girl running and screaming for help yet not one person around to help.

[Xtunnelman]

I am sorry, Coyotes should not be roaming the streets of Toronto, tracked or not.