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Jun 6, 2007 6:38 pm US/Eastern

N.J. Steps Up Efforts To Trap Troublesome Coyotes

TRENTON (CBS/AP) ― State officials plan to use night-vision equipment to help a Monmouth County town deal with troublesome coyotes which have attacked two children.

The head of the Department of Environmental Protection, Lisa Jackson, Wednesday said in a statement that the state would be stepping up efforts to help Middletown deal with their coyote problem.

DEP wildlife experts will work with wildlife officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture will use special night-vision equipment, among other things, to find what experts believe is a pack of coyotes.

The DEP will also be holding a community meeting with Middletown residents, at a time and place to be determined, to educate them about coyotes and let them know what precautions they can take to keep the animals away.

"We will do more to educate residents about coyotes so we can replace fear with facts," Jackson said.

Residents in Middletown have been on edge since April, when a coyote bit a 22-month-old boy in his grandparents' backyard. In May, a coyote attacked a 5-year-old boy playing in a yard near his Middletown home.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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