Four snarling coyotes chased a dog named Snoopy and his two canine companions, and then smashed glass panels on a door as the pets fled for their lives into their suburban home _ another sign of wildlife encroachment around Chicago.
Owner Roger Nelson said the slower-moving Snoopy, a beagle and basset hound mix, made it through the closing door on the heels of a golden retriever named Lexie and a 3-month-old German shepherd, Bella.
?He made it inside barely,? the 23-year-old told the Chicago Sun-Times. ?One more step, and they would have gotten him.?
The attack in Riverside, 10 miles west of downtown Chicago, began around 1 a.m. Friday as Nelson let his dogs out. The coyotes leapt a backyard fence and broke the panels by clawing at the door after Nelson rushed his dogs inside.
Nelson grabbed a high-powered BB gun and fired, apparently striking two of the coyotes, who ran off yelping, Nelson said. None of the dogs was hurt.
Riverside Police Sgt. William Gutschick could not recall a case where coyotes pursued pets so aggressively.
?This is their means of food now,? the 25-year veteran said.
Coyote sightings have become relatively commonplace, including in Chicago proper. A photographer last fall took pictures of two coyotes milling near Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago
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