A nine-year-old Winnipeg boy is in stable condition after being mauled by a coyote on the northern edge of the city Saturday evening in what police describe as an exceedingly rare event.
The boy and his sister, 15, were walking in the area of Popko Crescent and Knowles Avenue when they noticed the animal, which chased them when they ran from it, according to a Sunday news release from Winnipeg police.
The boy was mauled before someone in the area chased the coyote away, police said.
That someone was Logan Funk, 18, who told CBC he heard the boy screaming on his front street around 6:45 p.m. He looked out
