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In Phoenix, Arizona, a mother named Brittany Cardinal used her flip-flop to fend off a coyote attacking her four-year-old daughter. The incident occurred while they were flying kites in their neighborhood when the coyote began nipping at the child; Cardinal tried to scare it away but was bitten on the face after falling. She sustained lacerations and puncture wounds from the bite. Arizona Game and Fish officials have since removed several coyotes from the area for testing, confirming that Cardinal followed proper protocol in fighting back against the animal.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-15,
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On a Sunday afternoon in Arizona, Brittany Cardinal was flying a kite with her 4-year-old daughter when they encountered a coyote that began attacking the child. After lifting her daughter to safety and yelling at the animal, Cardinal used her flip-flop to fend off the coyote but fell during their struggle and sustained a bite on her face. Despite the pain, she managed to scare the coyote away, ensuring both her and her daughter's escape unharmed. Alex Flickinger, public affairs community liaison for Arizona Game and Fish, advised residents to be prepared to fight back against such threats using any means necessary, including yelling or throwing objects like rocks.
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An Arizona mom out in her neighborhood flying a kite with her 4-year-old daughter a couple of Sundays ago found herself in a fight with a coyote that refused to back down.
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that → fly → coyote
The coyote had started nipping at the little girl, according to mom Brittany Cardinal, and before she knew it, mom was swinging her flip-flop at it.
uncertain
mom → start → it
"We had gone outside because it was windy. And my daughter’s like, 'oh, let's fly a kite,'" Cardinal said, reports AZ Family.
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Family → go → kite
That was until mom heard her daughter scream and saw the coyote going after the girl.
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coyote → hear → girl
"I picked her up and then I started yelling at it, thinking, of course, it’s going to go away, and then it didn't," Cardinal said.
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Cardinal → pick → course
"So then I took off my flip-flop, and I was trying to scare it with that by like trying to hit it."
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I → take → it
As the mom tried to fight off the coyote and get it to leave them alone, she fell.
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she → try → them
The coyote then bit her on the face.
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coyote → bite → face
"I always hear people say like, 'you don’t feel the pain when like trauma like that happens,' and I mean, I really didn’t feel any pain," Cardinal said of the bite.
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Cardinal → hear → bite
"I just felt like the pressure of it."
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I → feel → it
Mom and daughter were eventually able to get away from the feisty coyote and make it back home.
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Mom → get → it
Mom had lacerations and puncture wounds on her face from the bite.
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Mom → have → bite
Arizona Game and Fish officials have removed several coyotes from the area following the incident and are testing them for rabies.
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officials → remove → rabies
They said that Cardinal did everything you're supposed to do during a coyote attack.
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you → say → attack
I guess everything except for getting bitten on the face.
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I → guess → face
That I highly doubt is in the protocol.
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I → doubt → protocol
But everything else she did correctly.
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she → do → everything
Alex Flickinger, public affairs community liaison for Arizona Game and Fish, said, "You fight back, you yell at the animal, be loud with it, throw rocks, whatever you have to do to get that animal to just run off."
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animal → say → whatever
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