SEATTLE — A Seattle woman was bitten by a coyote Friday when she tried to rescue her cat from its jaws. The woman saw the coyote had her cat in its mouth in the backyard of her home in the Queen Anne neighborhood, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). She tried to free her cat and got bit in the process.

A woman was bitten by a coyote as she tried to pry her dog out of its mouth in Washington, wildlife officials said. She saw the animal in her backyard Oct. 18 in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife said in a news release.