AGGRIEVED PARENTS APPEAR TO REFUTE ACTIVIST'S CLAIMS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - Parents of a Glendale girl who authorities say was killed in a 1981 coyote coyote (kī`ōt, kīō`tē) or prairie wolf, small, swift wolf, Canis latrans, native to W North America. It is found in deserts, prairies, open woodlands, and brush country; it is also called brush wolf. attack rushed to City Hall in the middle of a City Council meeting after they saw an animal rights activist on television protesting coyote trapping trapping, most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. and questioning how their child died. Clutching her daughter's death certificate in her hand, a visibly upset Cathy Cathy may refer to: In artistry:
``I'm the mother of the child. My heart is pounding. I cannot believe someone can accuse ac·cuse v. ac·cused, ac·cus·ing, ac·cus·es v.tr. 1. To charge with a shortcoming or error. 2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing. v.intr. my husband or me of child abuse,'' said Keen, who is president of the child advocacy Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children’s rights which may be abridged or abused in a group Glendale Healthy Kids. Keen and her husband, Robert, had been watching cable access coverage of the Glendale City Council meeting when they heard their names mentioned during public comments by activists opposing city plans to trap and kill coyotes. ``I'm not here to discuss whether or not to trap coyotes, but when coyotes walk into your front yard, you have a problem,'' Keen said. ``And I will not be accused of child abuse, and I think Glendale needs to be responsible for their children.'' Ferdin, a former child actress, said again Wednesday that she does not believe the girl died from a coyote attack. "I stand by my beliefs that a coyote did not kill (the girl)." Another activist present at Tuesday's meeting, Maral Tejirian, said Wednesday: ``I felt bad for the mother for being upset about this and coming out.'' In an interview Wednesday, Councilman Frank Quintero rebuked animal rights activists for the comments. ``Leaving aside the merits of trapping coyotes, what the activists said at the dais was cruel and absolutely uninformed,'' Quintero said. ``Knowing the mother, it broke my heart that they would do that to her. When they were making the accusations, I was considering stopping them.'' Tuesday night, Cathy Keen recounted her daughter's death in August 1981. Her death is generally considered to be the only documented U.S. case of a coyote killing a human. Kelly Lynn let herself out of the family's Chevy Chase Chevy Chase (chĕv`ē), town (1990 pop. 8,559), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; founded as a village, inc. 1914. Canyon home and encountered the coyote in their driveway, her mother said. ``The coyote dragged her across the street,'' Keen said. ``My husband ran to her rescue and chased the coyote off. ``We drove as fast as we could to Glendale Adventist Hospital, ran red lights, did everything we could to save her life. She was in surgery for four hours, and she died from injuries because of the coyote attack. I have the death certificate in my hand.'' The certificate listed the cause of the child's injuries as ``mauled by a coyote.'' Before the start of Tuesday's City Council, about eight activists held signs protesting the council's decision two weeks ago to allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. $16,000 to help fund trapping and killing about 40 coyotes by year's end. City leaders said the step was necessary to curb the number of coyotes that have been coming down from the foothills in search of food. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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