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Booboo the five-pound toy fox terrier snatched by
a coyote in Washington state.
Every morning for the past five years, Booboo, a five-pound toy fox terrier accompanied his owner Hai Nguyen to retrieve the newspaper from the driveway fronting their home in Snohomish County, Washington.
Neither man nor dog could have anticipated what happened on the morning of June 24. As the pair walked out to the driveway, a coyote suddenly grabbed Booboo by the back of the neck and ran off with the diminutive dog.
Nguyen, standing only a few feet away, was stunned.
The coyote just snapped right at the neck of my dog... I tried to run and chase after it, but it just happened too quick, like maybe 10 seconds and he was gone.
--Hai Nguyen, on losing his dog to a coyote
As tragic as the incident is,"it is rare - but not unheard of - for a hungry coyote to come into a neighborhood and walk off with a small pet" reports NorthWest Cable News (NWCN) in Washington state. These "urban coyotes" that appear in some developed neighborhoods "almost always steer clear of humans, [but] small pets can look like easy prey."
The best thing to do, Fish and Wildlife experts tell NWCN, is to "limit potential food sources, [and] keep pet food dishes inside and keep your pets on a short leash."
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