• Another person was bitten by a coyote in Griffith Park in August.
• Pop singer Jessica Simpson's poodle-maltese mix was snatched by a coyote on Monday night.
• On Wednesday, another maltipoo was nabbed in Hollywood Hills.

The article cited a 2004 UC study that found coyote aggression and attacks on people and pets on the rise in the state, particularly in “suburban-wildland interface” areas of Southern California.

For more on coyotes, see http://coyotebytes.org, a UC Cooperative Extension Web site that provides information to homeowners, land managers, agency personnel, and others to help solve coyote-human conflicts.