SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia police officer fatally shot a presumably rabid coyote that had bitten several people after the animal also attacked him, authorities said Sunday.

A day after a coyote bit three people in a park in Springfield, Virginia, police said an officer was also bitten by a coyote and opened fire on it to stop the attack. On Saturday, Animal ...

Residents in one part of Fairfax County, Virginia, are seeing coyotes in their ... said her neighbor saw a coyote Thursday night. “She lives on Plumb Street and it backs up to Vienna Woods ...

Virginia passed a law in April banning new coyote/fox penning operations in the state. The law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500) for any ...