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It is with GREAT sadness that I post this note. Our sheep were attacked by (most likely) dogs last night. Of 37, seven remain unharmed. The rest have their throats ripped, legs broken and are generally a mess. Although most are alive we do not expect them to survive the 24 hours. I can not tell you how painful this is. Police were called and a report filed but frankly, they don't expect to be able to do much. Proof is hard unless we find a dog with sheep blood all over it. Even then......
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I am so sorry to hear this Pam. I worry constantly about the threat of dogs getting into my animals and doing that much damage. Nothing I can say will help, but it is making me even more diligent. I have a neighbor dog that keeps jumping our fence, neighbors don't care so I think it is time to figure out what we are going to do about it and put an end to it before the dog finishes what he keeps trying to do before we scare him off.
Thanks for letting all of us know. It is truly sickening.
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This is truly disastrous.
Even worse, the dogs will be back.
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Pam I am truly saddened to hear this. At my old home of 20 acres, I had a lovely lab retriever mix a dog named Taffy. Below us on the hill was a farm of 40 acres of sheep. Well we were invited down with all the neighbors one weekend to witness the slaughter of one half of the herd. It was killing and maiming for sport by a PACK of dogs, we witnessed the aftermath.
The artist/farmer told us that once a dog kills in a pack and for sport then there is no saving the dog. All the neighbors were told that the next animals seen on the farm would be shot. Fair warning. Well you can imagine the thought of our Taffy being shot, but it was explained to all and understood that this is what must be done to prevent further slaughter. She survived until old age as she wasn't one of the pack.
Our hearts go out to you and your sheep.
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Loose dogs. I just don't get it. I'm sorry this happened to you.
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Loose dogs can be a result of hunting animals lost in the hunt. Left to their own devices and abandoned they can find each other and form packs. They can be very dangerous. It is possible of course that owned animals are running amok too.
I am sorry to hear of this tragedy Pam. It is painful and heartbreaking to experience such a thing.
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Oh Pam, that is just awful. Do you need help?
I've had dogs attack my chickens (back on the farm) and that was a horrible mess, which is why we always build a dog-proof chicken yard. But all your sheep - that is waaaay beyond anything remotely okay. I agree with the idea of calling all the neighbors or having them drop by to see the devastation, and warning them that dogs straying onto your farm will be shot. That is standard procedure in most rural farming communities.
Be on high alert tonight; those dogs will return.
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Pam, so sorry to hear about the attack.....it is just sickening. The bad part is not the dogs, but the irresponsible owners. Loose dogs are a problem no matter where we live, to coin the military phrase "fire for effect"!! Hang in there.
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IT is with a sad heart that I have purchased a box of bullets and will be one of us will be sitting vigil tonight. Saddest of all is that I think they are not wild dogs hunting food because none of the sheep were eaten..... just put down and then on to the next animal. There is a whole row of sheep along one fence line, down, maimed, bleeding, but alive and not eaten. Ugh.....
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
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"Oh Crap, She's up!"
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Originally posted by pslamont
IT is with a sad heart that I have purchased a box of bullets and will be one of us will be sitting vigil tonight. Saddest of all is that I think they are not wild dogs hunting food because none of the sheep were eaten..... just put down and then on to the next animal. There is a whole row of sheep along one fence line, down, maimed, bleeding, but alive and not eaten. Ugh.....
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
It is indeed sad to hear of this. I would be a lot angrier than you. My grandparents raised some sheep - not very many - just because my grandmother loved to watch the peaceful sheep grazing and the lambs playing. It wasn't done for profit, they lost money on them.
What is even more disturbing is that according to Hawaii gun laws, if you fire a gun on your own property (even AG zoned) and are not in a hunting season, etc., you are breaking the law. A property owner should be allowed to protect themselves and their property.
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