The 11-year-old, 8-pound, Shih Tzu was killed over the weekend in Ho-Ho-Kus, prompting a growing concern with Halloween approaching.

Coyote sightings are reported up in Suffern and series of attacks on humans have occurred in Bergen County, New Jersey.

A New Jersey housekeeper was attacked by a coyote Monday afternoon while she was outside with the family's golden retriever, according to surveillance video that captured the incident.

A woman is recovering after being attacked by a coyote while she was outside with the family dog in Bergen County, New Jersey on Monday afternoon.

A person was attacked by an “aggressive” coyote while working in their yard in New Jersey on Tuesday, the second such incident this week.

SADDLE RIVER, New Jersey ( WCBS) -- A man was attacked by a rabid coyote in Saddle River, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Police said it happened while victim Mike Vincent was working in his yard in the area of Oak Road. He was knocked to the ground and bitten repeatedly, and had to fight his way to safety.

A woman was attacked by a coyote in New Jersey as she was walking a dog in the backyard, according to police. The 31-year-old woman, a nanny, was outside in the yard of the Woodcliff Lake home with a golden retriever around 1:50 p.

A woman was bitten by coyote Monday afternoon in Bergen County, New Jersey. It happened at around 1:15 p.m. in the backyard of a home at Woodcrest Drive in Woodcliff Lake, according to police.