'We've had coyotes sort of in and around the yard, but nothing ever close to this,' the owner of the dog, Grace Tully, said after her friend protected the small pet from the jaws of the coyote.
A woman suffered minor injuries after a close encounter with a wild coyote that tried to attack her friend's small pet dog while they were out for a walk.
"I just shoved my arm in front of the dog, punched the coyote in the face and grabbed the dog and ran off," Jones, who was left with several lacerations to her arm,Jones said the coyote had approached from behind and tried to attack the dog as they were in the backyard of a home lived in by her friend Grace Tully, 22. Roxy raised the alarm by barking. The dog was not injured in the attack, but Jones needed several rabies shots.
"I told my family that Jess was pretty cool and that they would enjoy having her come to stay but, I don't think any of us could have possibly expected how grateful we would end up being."Reading Police Department Chief David Clark confirmed the woman was left with scratches to her arms during the encounter but he said the injuries were not believed to be serious.
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