Brittany Furlan, wife of Tommy Lee, says coyote tried to run off with her dog

Surveillance camera footage showing a coyote grabbing a small dog near a pool, with Brittany Furlan rushing to intervene.

Brittany Furlan, the humorist and partner of rock musician Tommy Lee, narrates that her dog's additional adipose tissue preserved it from being whisked away by a coyote that seized the pet near the aquatic feature of their Los Angeles domicile.

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Ring surveillance apparatus footage disseminated Tuesday on Instagram by Furlan exhibits the coyote grasping the diminutive canine, Neena, from the pool's periphery and bolting out of frame while Furlan vocalizes and pursues.

"I ascended the barrier and extricated her from its maw. Providentially, she's somewhat rotund because it couldn't surmount the wall with her," Furlan inscribed.

Furlan affirmed on Instagram that Neena is unharmed.

Furlan and Lee, the renowned co-originator of the ensemble Mötley Crüe, are also visible in the recording expressing astonishment at the faunal encounter.

Furlan penned that the excessively proximate confrontation transpired at approximately 1 p.m. She stated the incident occurred at the pair's residence in Brentwood, a district on the occidental side of Los Angeles adjacent to and within the Santa Monica Mountains, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Furlan expressed her perturbation but conversed with the station because "I simply believe it's such a crucial message" regarding the security of companion animals in Southern California.

"We become complacent, and we reason, 'You understand, it's acceptable, it's thirteen hundred hours, nothing will transpire,'" she articulated. "And this is the consequence. Occasionally you simply grow overly comfortable."

"Thank Providence, I perpetually observe them," Furlan informed NBC Los Angeles.

Coyotes are not an uncommon spectacle in segments of Los Angeles. They typically weigh between 4.5 to 15.9 kilograms, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Individuals are exhorted to not abandon diminutive pets outside unsupervised, and to bring small pets indoors at nightfall to forestall coyote assaults. Refuse and items such as pet sustenance can also entice coyotes.

The quantity of coyotes in California has been approximated at between 250,000 to 750,000, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

"They have acclimated to subsisting, and frequently flourishing, alongside humans in numerous California communities," the CDFW states on its website.

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