A coyote that terrorized residential California, biting five people in the last eight months, was caught and euthanized on Thursday. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that the wild animal had been captured in the East Bay suburb of Moraga. In order to confirm that the coyote was the same as their suspect, the state wildlife agency's forensics team compared DNA collected from the coyote with samples from its victims. Several other coyotes had been caught and euthanized before the suspect was found, according to The New York Times. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPState and federal wildlife services, the Orinda, Moraga and Lafayette police departments and Contra Costa County Animal Services worked together to track down the predator.

Source: Fox News March 13, 2021 19:40 UTC