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Officials are asking the public to help identify a woman photographed feeding apparently raw meat to coyotes in the San Francisco neighborhood of Bernal Heights, ABC affiliate KGO reported Wednesday.

So far, the shelter has not managed to find the woman but is optimistic “somebody in the public can tell us who she is, so we can reach out to her and get her to stop doing this,” Virginia Donohue, executive director of San Francisco Animal Care and Control, told the outlet.

Officials are looking for this woman, who they said was feeding coyotes in a California town. (San Francisco Animal Care and Control)

When coyotes expect food from humans, as with any wildlife, they “lose their natural wariness of people,” Donohue explained to the outlet. “They begin to see people as a source of food.”

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Regarding potential attacks, Donohue noted the animals “are pretty reserved. We don’t really think they will attack somebody.”

Coyotes viewing people as a way to get food is the reason behind federal officials’ decision last month to euthanize a coyote, which had continuously approached toddlers at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, KTVU Fox 2 reports.

“That’s not natural behavior,” Donohue told the outlet. “A coyote should not be walking up to a child in any circumstance. I don’t know what the coyote’s intent was, but it’s certainly a dangerous situation. … By just not feeding them is probably going to take care of a lot of the problems we have.”

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San Francisco Animal Care and Control reminded residents Wednesday not to feed coyotes after a woman was recently caught on camera while feeding the animals in Bernal Heights Park.

According to Animal Care and Control, feeding coyotes and other wildlife can cause them to approach humans for food and create potentially dangerous situations as the animals could become aggressive in looking for food.

In the most recent incident, photos show the woman sitting on the floor with a plate of meat and feeding coyotes. The same woman was seen feeding coyotes in other parts of the city, animal care and control officials said.

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A woman with a meat platter sits on the floor on Bernal Hill in San Francisco, California.

“People need to stop feeding wild animals,” said Virginia Donohue, executive director of Animal Care and Control. “If you continue to defy the law – and common sense – you will hurt a person and destroy an animal.”

In a recent case, a coyote in Golden Gate Park had to be fatally removed after the animal lost its natural fear of humans because park visitors were constantly feeding it.

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A woman with a meat platter sits on the floor on Bernal Hill in San Francisco, California.

To remind residents of the dangers of illegal wildlife feeding, Animal Care and Control has put up signs warning people not to feed coyotes in specific locations across the city. Anyone caught feeding coyotes could face a fine of up to $ 1,000 or potentially jail time.

Foxes get into trouble in South Bay. Rangers say visitors to Alum Rock Park fed the gray foxes.

Animal care and control officials have released the photos of the woman who was recently seen feeding coyotes in hopes that someone can help identify her. Anyone with information is asked to call (415) 554-9400.

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