Two terrifying animal attacks were caught on camera with children screaming for help after coming in contact with aggressive animals right outside their homes.
In Los Angeles, a 2-year-old girl was attacked by a coyote on Dec. 2 outside the family's Woodland Hills home.
“I heard her screaming and crying and I thought she fell down and I saw the coyote was there,” said Ariel Eliyahuo, the toddler’s father.
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The family's doorbell camera filmed the attack as the coyote approached her and knocked her to the ground.
In Connecticut, a raccoon attacked a 5-year-old girl, clinging onto the child before her mother rushed out to help.
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