Neighborhood on edge after coyote attacks 2-year-old girl in Irvine park

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20. Definitely urban sprawl is part of the problem

It's interesting to me how many people will say 'Oh they were never here before, why are they coming around now?' I guess they don't realize that even in our area it was once open fields and dairies, so the wildlife was spread out and didn't have to interact with humans and their pets. Little by little all of that open area has squeezed down to a few parks and basically no open areas. Are the wild critters supposed to just disappear? The ones that can adapt to man's presence (and trashy way of living imo) have thrived while the others died out or got pushed up into the mountains.

I'm honestly surprised how many of the locals here have commented on the side of the wildlife, saying that people need to learn to co-exist and be more mindful of their pets and not leaving food out overnight and closing trash cans/bins. Sometimes I think for as smart as we're supposed to be, humans are less adaptable than other animals.