WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A woman is recovering after being attacked by a coyote while she was outside with the family dog in Bergen County, New Jersey on Monday afternoon.

Surveillance video captured the attack around 1:20 p.m. at a home in Woodcliff Lake.

The animal pounced on a 31-year-old housekeeper, leaving her with open wounds on her shoulder, arm, back and leg, while she was with a golden retriever in the backyard.

Within seconds on surveillance video, the homeowner runs outside to fight off the animal.

Officials say the coyote also went after the woman's dog, but it was not seriously injured during the encounter. The coyote then took off.

The backyard of the house is a wooded nature preserve.

"That coyote really attacked that woman. That coyote is probably rabid. Everyone lis

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