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The city of Montreal is implementing measures to reduce coyote attacks after three were reported in the past week, two of them involving small children.

In a statement sent to the Montreal Gazette, the city said it’s working closely with the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks “to take action on the presence of coyotes on Montreal’s territory, in response to the situation as it evolves.”

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The latest attack occurred Saturday around 6:30 p.m. in Parc des Hirondelles in Ahuntsic. Montreal police said a three-year-old girl suffered only minor injuries but was brought to a hospital as a precaution.

Around 9 p.m. the night before, a five-year-old boy was bitten in the calf while at Parc Gabriel-Lalemant, less than a kilometre away from where Saturday’s attack took place. His injury was also considered minor, according to Urgences-Santé.

A week earlier, a five-year-old girl also suffered a minor injury to the lower body following a coyote bite, also in Parc des Hirondelles.