What is the scariest animal that has entered your home? For this home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, it’s the wild coyote.
Yes, you read that right. A wild coyote entered a sleeping household.
He entered through the doggie door.
It was around 4 am on a Friday morning when it happened. The coyote walked around the home, looking for something or anything.
The coyote could be looking for food but it didn’t get far. Before the coyote could get any further, he was confronted with a hiss.
The coyote was not expecting this type of security.
The cat was prepared.
Her name is Lily and she darted in and around the chairs to scare off the coyote.
She moved fast.
She was hissing and screaming and doing what she can to call her family for help.
Luckily, her human mom’s brother had woken up because of the doggie door. He apparently heard the doggie door open but knew that their two dogs were with him.
Curious, he got up to check if there was another dog that had come into the house.
Then he saw the coyote.
He was shocked and shaken and so was the coyote. Lily had managed to spook the coyote and when the brother came out, the coyote scrambled back to the door and straight outside.
Everyone in the house was so thankful that no one was hurt in the commotion. Even Lily wasn’t hurt, although she was very tired.
“Our cat is 14 years old and took it very hard,” Mis Shoshan, the homeowner, said. “She used a lot of energy and she has been resting and spending time with us. I have two very small dogs and they would’ve been an easy target for that coyote.”
This wasn’t the first time.
Coyotes have been spotted in the area before. This isn’t surprising as more and more of the natural habitats of coyotes have been paved to make way for homes for humans.
Now, coyotes run up and down the streets, looking for food. Because they’re wild animals, they don’t really recognize humans and can’t determine good from bad.
That’s most likely why a toddler was attacked by a coyote in broad daylight.
One of the neighbors who lived near the Shoshan house, Ron Lauer, said that this was a common problem.
He has lived in the neighborhood for 60 years and has seen coyotes prowling the streets nightly.
“A six-foot fence, they’ll just jump right over it,” Ron shared. “They can get in the backyard. They will definitely find a way.”
Cat owners are ahead of the game.
Unfortunately, humans have made it easier for coyotes to come out to their area.
They keep leaving food out for stray animals in the parks, which unfortunately includes wild coyotes.
Coyotes come because humans make it easy.
Experts advise residents to keep the trash bins covered and stop leaving food outside for the coyotes to hunt.
The Shoshans also added that the residents need to be alert and aware at all times.
“Usually, we leave the door open for [the dogs] throughout the day and sometimes at night too, but we will no longer be doing that unless we are going outside with them,” Shoshan added. “Thank God everyone was okay. We were very lucky.”
Watch Lily the cat scare off a coyote and protect her humans in the video below!
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