They do on occasion, and there have even been a couple of deaths. But to your point, the rate is very very low. Edit: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_

They do on occasion, and there have even been a couple of deaths. But to your point, the rate is very very low. Edit: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_attack