Coyote that attacked 2-year-old in Orange County captured

Coyote attacks 2-year-old girl at park in OC

As the Huntington Beach community calls on city leaders to figure out the coyote problem, just several miles north, a little girl was under attack at a park in Fountain Valley.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - The coyote that attacked a two-year-old at an Orange County park earlier this week has been captured, according to officials.

Back on Tuesday, a coyote attacked a two-year-old at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley around 8:30 p.m. At the time of the attack, officials used a DNA swab from the child's clothes to determine that a coyote was responsible for the attack.

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed to FOX 11 Saturday that a DNA sample from a coyote trapped later in the week matched that of the DNA sample from the attacked child. Police originally said that once the coyote suspected of the attack was caught it would be euthanized. It was not immediately clear if the coyote had yet been put down.

Officials say the child is still recovering from their injuries.