Video: Coyote enters California home through dog door

A video posted online shows a coyote roaming through a California home before it encounters a startled cat near a dining room table.

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“A coyote came into our house through the doggie door in the middle of the night,” wrote Mia Shoshan with the TikTok video.

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(See the video by clicking this link.)

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The coyote wandered through the house at about 4 a.m. Friday, May 5, KABC reported.

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As Shoshan’s brother, who was awakened by the sound of the dog door, went to investigate, the coyote ran into the family’s cat, according to the station.

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“Our cat, Lily, started meowing and screaming, she was terrified and calling for us to help,” Shoshan told KTLA.

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Her brother confronted the coyote, which escaped back out the dog door and fled, according to the station. No pets or people were hurt.

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“Please be careful and close them at night!!!” Shoshan wrote on TikTok, warning other dog door owners to take care.

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If you encounter a coyote, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife advises you to keep your distance while clapping your hands and making other noise until it leaves.

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If the coyote approaches, make yourself look bigger by waving your arms and shout or use noisemakers or whistles. If you or a pet are hurt by a coyote, call 911 and notify the nearest office of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Woodland Hills is a community near the Santa Monica Mountains about 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

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