Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
4 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A coyote savaged a 16-month-old boy in a Los Angeles neighborhood after residents complained about the animal's presence for almost a year.
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residents → savage → year
The predator bit the toddler in the family's backyard and even followed the child and his mother inside their Atwater Village house on Friday, KTLA reported.
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KTLA → bite → Friday
The boy was brought to a hospital and released again, while officers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife euthanized the coyote nearby.
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officers → bring → coyote
Furious locals voiced their fury over the situation, saying it could have been prevented if authorities had taken their complaints more serious, with one resident even being accused of feeding the predator since January.
Wildlife expert Rebecca Dmytryk reportedly filed a formal complaint through the state's wildlife reporting system in late July.
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Dmytryk → voice → July
But the complaint was never answered.
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complaint → answer → ?
'What concerned me was the coyote just being comfortable around people,' Dmytryk told KTLA.
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Dmytryk → concern → KTLA
'The authorities knew about it and didn't do the right thing.'
'This situation required intervention long before a child was injured,' Dmytryk told the LA Times in another statement.
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Dmytryk → know → statement
'Now a child has been hurt, and a coyote is dead.'
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coyote → hurt → ?
Other residents reported to Los Angeles Animal Services as one neighbor witnessed a cat being chased by the coyote and another said he saw the animal coming to his screen door and scratching it.
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animal → report → it
The coyote reportedly bit a 16-year-old boy in a Los Angeles neighborhood and even followed the child and his mother inside their home
Residents in Atwater Village are furious, saying the situation could have been prevented if city officials had taken their complaints more serious
Joe Marconi lives across the street from the unidentified man who he said admitted to feeding the wild animal.
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he → bite → animal
When he asked his neighbor to stop, the man allegedly refused, despite Marconi having to bring his seven-year-old daughter inside several times when the coyote suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
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coyote → ask → daughter
Marconi further explained that complaints submitted to the city and state were answered saying that 'nothing could be done.'
State wildlife officials told the LA Times they are still investigating reports filed by residents.
In late May, an animal control officer inspected the home of the man accused of providing food to the coyote but did not find anything warranting a violation, a spokesperson from Los Angeles Animal Services said.
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spokesperson → explain → Services
The spokesperson said in a statement to the LA Times that the agency is 'disturbed and saddened' by the incident in which the coyote attacked the little boy.
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coyote → say → boy
The spokesperson further insisted it did not 'disregard' the complaints submitted by the people who filed them.
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who → insist → them
'Our personnel responded to the location, contacted the individual identified in the complaints, followed up with reporting parties, and coordinated with the state agency responsible for wildlife management.
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personnel → respond → management
It is illegal to feed non-domesticated mammalian predators like coyotes in the area.
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It → feed → area
But it requires clear evidence to establish such behavior as a crime, which officials were unable to find.
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officials → require → which
The agency also said that officers responding to tips of neighbors on scene would not catch the animal unless it was involved in an incident like the one with the child last week.
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it → say → child
The Daily Mail contacted Los Angeles Animal Services for updated information.
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Mail → contact → information
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