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Old 05-17-2018, 12:16 PM
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Toddler left with nearly 150 stitches after coyote attack in Burnaby

'I saw the coyote on his head, chewing on his head,' boy's mom says

Cathy Kearney, Rhianna Schmunk · CBC News · Posted: May 17, 2018 6:34 AM PT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Three-year-old Ayden Ramm was attacked by the coyote on Tuesday. A plastic surgeon was called to administer more than 100 stitches, in order to minimize scarring. (Amanda Dycke)

Amanda Dycke said she knew something bad had happened to her son when she heard the toddler scream on Tuesday.

She ran outside to find her three-year-old lying in the road, being attacked by a coyote.

"I saw the coyote on his head, chewing on his head," she said.

Dycke's son, Ayden Ramm, needed 148 stitches after the attack outside the family backyard in Burnaby, B.C.

It was the first of two coyote attacks in Metro Vancouver within 24 hours this week.

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Neighbour John Macnaughton took this photo around the time Ayden was attacked in north Burnaby. He said coyotes aren't an unusual sight in the area. (John Macnaughton)

'I scooped up my son and started running'

Ayden had been playing outside in the sun with his dad, Chris Ramm, when he walked out the back gate in the area of Kitchener Street and Duthie Avenue, near Burnaby Mountain.

Dycke said the coyote was on him within seconds.

She said she charged the animal "full speed," scaring it off just enough for her to grab the toddler.

"I scooped up my son and started running," Dycke said.

"He was just covered in head to toe in blood ... He couldn't blink. It looked like he was crying blood."

Dycke called 911 and an ambulance took Ayden to B.C. Children's Hospital.

She said the coyote paced around their backyard while she was on the phone, even though a crowd of neighbours had gathered.

"Its mouth was dripping in my son's blood," Dycke said.

Amanda Dycke scared the coyote away from three-year-old son, Ayden, on Tuesday. (Nic Amaya/CBC)

Ayden had gashes on his head and neck, puncture wounds and scratches all over his body.

Dycke said a plastic surgeon was called to stitch his wounds to minimize scarring.

The toddler was recovering at home Wednesday, on a heavy dose of antibiotics to prevent infection.


Chris Ramm, Ayden's dad, pulls back his son's hair to show a row of stitches. The toddler had several gashes on his head after the coyote attack. (Nic Amaya/CBC)

Coyote came when called

On Tuesday night, the B.C. Conservation Service tracked down and killed a coyote matching the description of the one that attacked Ayden.

Officials said the animal showed no signs of fear.

"In fact, the conservation officer was able to whistle to him, and it came," spokesperson Alicia Stark said.

Officials are running DNA tests to confirm it was the same animal that attacked the toddler.

John Macnaughton took this photo of a coyote after spotting the animal shortly after police and ambulance responded to the attack on Ayden. (John Macnaughton)

Stark said Ayden's injuries are unusually serious for a coyote attack.

"Coyote attacks are very rare in this area ... when we do see them they are minor, maybe a scratch or a small bite."

Dycke said the neighbourhood is shaken by what happened to her son.

"It's nice, it's sunny and people won't let their kids out. We're all terrified."

Separate attack the next day

On Wednesday, a dog walker fought off another coyote as it attacked a dog in North Vancouver.

Lorrie Cole said dog walker Denise Baker-Grant was about to let her pets off leash on the Baden-Powell Trail by Grouse Mountain when she heard yelling.

Baker-Grant ran to see another woman's shih-tzu being attacked by a coyote.

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In a Facebook post, Cole said Baker-Grant had to attack the animal to save the pet dog.

"She punched it hard in the face. It let go, but lunged again, so she kicked it hard and it finally left," Cole's post read.

When reached by phone on Wednesday, Baker-Grant declined to be interviewed because she was "a little sore," but she confirmed what Cole described in her post.

What to do when you see a coyote

If you see a coyote, conservation officers advise you to:

Make yourself look large and back away slowly.
Stay with your children.
Keep dogs on a leash.
Not approach the coyote and get into a vehicle or back in your house.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...hild-1.4666495
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Old 05-17-2018, 01:48 PM
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I think the rash reality of these type of instances involving coyotes, black bears, cougars, grizzly's, etc etc will only be on the rise from here on out. Especially given the continued push [against] hunting, trapping and any sort of management. Saying so to this-group (of you fellas) is no doubt preaching to the choir on understanding that, I know, but it's a plain-fact that General society is of lesser & lesser support for "us" and more instead for the animals. Somehow none of that opposing group considers the consequences til it's too late, and headlines like this one start being printed.

In my opinion, it needs to be brought to broader knowledge the importance of the role trappers & hunters have. Greater presence-of, and a wider acceptance toward hunters & trappers (& what they rightfully do) would without question mitigate at least some of these human/wildlife conflicts through population management by a "checks & balance" approach. I sincerely do believe that. Proper handling of such conflicts absolutely does-not come through the "ban-hunting & outlaw trappers" mentality that's been polluting the general publics opinion recently. (true abroad, and especially so in BC the last while!)
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Old 05-18-2018, 04:51 PM
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Going to last Sportsman show in Edmonton, Walking through parking lot, 2 coyotes wandering in front of me, I gave them them the "get the hell out of hear yell" they totally ignored me. Talk about being conditioned, real problem in middle of a city.
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