Coyote destroyed by Airdrie RCMP after animal fatally attacks puppy

Police in Airdrie say an aggressive coyote suspected of biting two people and killing a puppy has been destroyed.

At about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a coyote attacked a three-month-old dog in the backyard of a house backing onto the Woodside Golf Course. The dog's owners chased the coyote to try to save the dog, but it didn't survive the attack.

• Airdrie warns public of brazen coyote after 6-year-old boy attacked at light festival

The coyote was also aggressive toward the humans, RCMP said in a release Thursday.

Officials tracked down the coyote about an hour later and destroyed it.

Earlier in the week, a coyote attacked a six-year-old boy in the Nose Creek area, but he wasn't badly injured.

The boy's snowsuit protected him from being injured, and his mother's boyfriend kicked the animal off the child.

• Read more articles byCBC Calgary, like us onFacebookfor updates and subscribe to ourCBC Calgary newsletterfor the day's news at a glance