Five years ago, in early winter, a coyote killed our Jack Russel cross in our driveway. I mentioned it in a post at the time on this site. My labs and I chased the coyote until he dropped it and took off. Shyster was dead when I got to him. My wife loved that little dog and cried darn near non stop for about a week. She's border line anti-hunting, but since then if it leads to dead coyotes she's all for it.
Lots of coyotes, wolves, and bear near the house up here. Quite a few of my neighbors have lost dogs and livestock, mostly to wolves. Some have lost several dogs. One not too far from us kicked his door open and shot 2 wolves as they were dragging his dog down the steps of his porch. The municipal district still pays a $200 bounty for each wolf trapped or shot.
Here is a story of a young lady that was killed by a couple of coyotes in eastern Canada. There has been at least one more attack in that park since then.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...reton-1.779304