WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (PIX11) -- A woman has been released from the hospital, but is being tested for rabies and is on a regimen of medication to prevent infection after being attacked by a coyote.

It happened at 1:17 p.m. on Monday, in a wooded area behind a home on Woodcrest Drive, according the Woodcliff Lake Police Department.

The family in the home did not want their names to be made public, but told PIX11 News that while the woman, who's a housekeeper at the home, was with the family's dog in the backyard, a coyote aggressively attacked her.

It bit the woman twice on the left leg, and at least once on her left arm. "There was blood," the homeowner said. The coyote then attacked the dog, a golden retriever named Kayla. The dog did not show clear signs of injury.

The attack was capt

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