RIVERSIDE – 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."