From the Reading Eagle of September 29, 2006
Couple tell of battle against coyote
“It was scary,” says a Lower Heidelberg Township man who eventually shot and killed the rabid animal.
A rabid coyote terrorized a Lower Heidelberg Township couple attacking one of their dogs and trying to break into their house before homeowner Craig S. Luckenbill killed it with a shotgun.
Luckenbill said his wife, Jenny, played a key role in the battle, trapping the coyote by slamming the front door on its neck as it snarled and tried to force its way into the house on Brownsville Road near Blue Marsh Lake.
The couple's two Labrador retrievers, Annie and Cali, both fought with the coyote, trying to protect the Luckenbills.
“It was scary,” Craig Luckenbill said Thursday about the Sept. 21 encounter.
The 40-pound male coyote was the first ever to test positive for rabies in Pennsylvania, according to the state Game Commission.
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