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Savage coyote attacks on pets leave residents in fear By Sarah Hyatt Brighton – In the wake of a recent coyote attack on a family’s pet dog, residents of the Huron Drive neighbourhood say they’re “living in fear.” The Jacob family is heartbroken, having lost “a member of the family.” “Eddie was about 18 pounds, but he was no pushover,” said Jehnna Jacob, who lives with her husband Zack and their two-year-old son, Samuel, at 20 Huron Drive. Eddie was a Jack Russell mixed breed. “He was healthy, strong and I think he thought he was protecting us – he was protecting us,” Jehnna said. The attack occurred on Monday, Aug. 29, around 1 p.m. Jehnna had just arrived home with her son from grocery shopping. Jehnna said Eddie must have known something was wrong, because he snuck under the gate to get into the backyard – that’s when he was “ambushed” and the animal, possibly a coyote or coyotehybrid, killed Eddie. The Jacobs’ neighbour, Sue Pratt, who lives at 22 Huron Drive, saw everything. “I saw him wrestle Eddie to the ground,” said Pratt. “It was horrible, I can’t get the picture out of my mind and it all happened so quickly.” Pratt raced over to her neighbour’s (Left-to-right) Debbie Sparks and Sue Pratt are scared to walk their dogs in the Huron Drive neighbourhood now, after a recent coyote attack re- home. sulted in the death of a family’s pet dog. Photo by Sarah Hyatt.
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Jehnna had already grabbed Samuel and ran after Eddie right away, but by the time they made it from the front of the house, to the back, Eddie was gone, “just like that.” Pratt had to inform Jehnna of what she had seen. “Eddie was 13-years-old and a member of our family – he’s the reason I met my husband,” said Jehnna. “I’m eightand-half-months pregnant and I’ve spent the last three days crying. This could have been Samuel, my two-yearold son who wanted his Tonka truck out of the shed – something has to be done. This is a residential area.” Jehnna’s husband, Zack, who’s a trained hunter, spent two days searching for Eddie, until he found his remains. Pratt has lived on Huron Drive for 28 years and this is the first time she’s been afraid to go in her fenced-in backyard with her dog, she said. Pratt doesn’t venture too far now for walks either, maybe to the corner of the street and back with her dog. “I’m just constantly turning my head when we’re out,” she said. “I’m absolutely terrified he’s going to run up from behind and take my dog right off the leash.” Debbie Sparks, another resident of Huron Drive, is worried “what’s next? Little kids in the neighbourhood park?”
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