SPRING GROVE – At night, residents living in the Sundial Farms subdivision hear coyotes howling from the nearby woods. The howls sometimes wake them from their slumbers.

During the evening and sometimes in the morning, there are sightings of coyote packs in the subdivision that is adjacent to the 2,700-acre Chain O’ Lakes State Park.

This past Sunday morning, Keisha and Chris Malec found two coyotes circling the Malecs’ 2½-year-old Yorkie, Jake, as if the coyotes were preparing to eat. The 6- to 7-pound dog was attacked and killed by the coyotes.