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by alexggordon 3881 days ago
Not that it provides much statistical evidence, but the wikipedia[0] article (regarding the 19 year old girl) talking about the coyotes specifically mentions how coyotes didn't use to be in that area of Canada, but were likely there as a result of rapid adaptive evolution[1].

Obviously that doesn't statistically show that they're getting more aggressive, but it's not something you can easily ignore either, given the lack of other coyote attacks.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Mitchell

[1] http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2009/09...