The city of Arlington, Texas, is looking to trap one or more wild animals after three children were bitten by a coyote in a public park.

The attacks happened at Parkway Central Park on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, FOX 4 reported. The three children were bitten in separate incidents at the park playground or in the parking lot.

“He bit the boy and was pulling, trying to pull him into the woods, I think,” Estreitta De Kluetz, a witness to the most recent attack, told the TV station. “All of a sudden, I hear another mom go, ‘Oh my God! The dog is biting that kid!’ She runs and screams at the dog, and she throws her shoe at it.”

The woman said the coyote let go of the 6-year-old boy and his parents immediately put pressure on the puncture wounds on his chest. 

Coyote caught napping in backyard in San Francisco. (Animal Care & Control San Francisco)

The city has partnered with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Wildlife Services to trap and remove one or more coyotes. Barricades have been installed at park entrances, and digital message boards will be placed along the park perimeter to notify the community about coyote activity.

The Arlington school district has also been alerted about coyote activity after a 911 call reported a coyote following pedestrians on Wednesday. 

Arlington police will be present Thursday before and after classes to protect students at a school near the park from coyotes. (KDFW)

Animal control and police officers will be present on Thursday before and after school to protect students at Arlington ISD’s Jones Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language. 

The park will remain closed until further notice.