The Region - News from Aug. 5, 1987

Rangers gave up their search for aggressive coyotes in a heavily used mountain park in Agoura Hills, two weeks after several visitors reported being chased or attacked by the animals. Rangers had made twice-daily forays on horseback through Cheeseboro Canyon, but decided to end the patrols, said Jean Bray, spokeswoman for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. “We have not discovered any atypical coyote behavior,” Ms. Bray said, adding that rangers saw as many as three or four coyotes a day in the 2,100-acre canyon. “They were anywhere from five feet to 350 yards away, and they displayed their normal coyote behavior--that is to turn and run as soon as they noticed humans were in the area.”