(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said it has caught the coyote connected to a Thanksgiving attack on a 4-year-old child. According to CPW, weeks of searching and trapping resulted in the capture of a coyote found with human DNA on its paws and human food in its stomach, leading CPW to conclude it was the animal involved in the attack. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: CPW hunts coyote that attacked child on Thanksgiving Day Witnesses told CPW that on Thursday, Nov. 28 in the Monument Creek neighborhood just south of the Air Force Academy, a large group of children were playing under adult supervision. Two of the children saw an animal they thought was a dog crouching behind a tree and approached it. The coyote attacked one of the children, inflicting serious injuries and requiring the child to stay overnight at the hospital. CPW said the pursuit of coyotes in the north Colorado Springs neighborhood has ended but an investigation into illegal wildlife feeding is ongoing as the DNA on the foot and the human food in its stomach, along with seeing three coyotes showing no fear of humans, reveals someone is feeding wildlife, according to CPW. “The good news is that this neighborhood is safe because we caught and removed the coyote that attacked the child on Thanksgiving,” said Tim Kroening, CPW’s wildlife manager for the Pikes Peak area. “The bad news is that a 4-year-old child suffered serious injuries and her family was traumatized because someone was feeding wildlife." CPW said the coyote was not to blame for its actions, but it could not remain in the area because its lack of fear of humans made it a danger to other children. “Our first obligation is to protect human health and safety and we can’t allow dangerous predators to attack children,” Kroening said. “This is exactly why we constantly preach the dangers of feeding wildlife.” CPW said during the search, two coyotes repeatedly returned to the scene of the attack. They were removed and the carcasses were sent for examination for human DNA and testing for diseases. The coyote that had human DNA tested negative for rabies, the second coyote is still undergoing testing.