Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are “aggressively pursuing” a coyote they said attacked a 4-year-old girl on Thanksgiving.

The girl was attacked when she and another child approached a coyote crouching behind a tree, thinking it was a dog.

CPW said because it would be impossible to identify the exact coyote, they will lethally remove any coyote found in the area of the attack.

Southeast Region reported that CPW officers and other agencies are partnering in an aggressive hunt for a coyote that attacked a 4-year-old

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers and partner agencies are searching for a coyote that attacked a four-year-old girl on Thanksgiving Day in northern Colorado Springs.