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Photo / Mark Mitchell]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/wandering-dogs-in-dargaville-cause-for-alarm-residents-say/UZBOZG3RSJA2BEYAED5RCGOHXU/</loc><lastmod>2023-12-19T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JVM3XRUPXNBCDLONCZ5SZ24B5E.JPG?auth=8325f0ad8a32d54dd2236da9611e8c40f68097933dee02d4e34ffbd29a1e7c7a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Roaming dogs have terrorised some Dargaville pet owners. 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