INBRED KILLERS or this man's best friend?

A pair of killer dogs are driving a wedge between residents of a small Northland town.
So far the dogs have killed 13 sheep and the Kohukohu, Hokianga, community fears a child will be next.
Trisha Fisk, a farmer on Smith Deviation Rd, has been forced to put down some of her sheep because they were so badly mauled. One could barely hold its head up after much of the flesh on its neck was chewed off; others had their faces or rumps savaged.
But next-door neighbour George Oneroa, the dog's owner, is defending his best friends, Girl and Buster.
"This is their land, they can do whatever they want."
He said the council could do nothing because he owned the land.
"They can go and get stuffed," Mr Oneroa said.
Mrs Fisk said she was afraid to leave her flock alone after 13 sheep, not including unborn lambs, had been killed by the dogs.
"You don't know how upsetting this is. These are my animals. I had to cut one of their ears off. These animals hurt, they suffer, they are in shock," Mrs Fisk said.
Her husband, Alan Clarkson, had shot one of the dogs but two continued to frighten the small township.
If Mr Clarkson, who is a vet, was more skilled as a marksman he would have destroyed all of them, she said.
"They are menacing guard dogs. They are hunters, and they are fiercely loyal," Mrs Fisk said.
Neighbours said the dogs looked like the banned breed dogo argentino - which cannot be imported because they are bred for fighting and are a threat to people - but Mr Oneroa said they were staffordshire bull terrier-labrador crosses.
Others in Kohukohu have stopped their children walking or riding their bikes on Smith Deviation Rd.
Kerry Flowers said he would not let his kids anywhere near the dogs. His children Isra, 8, and Liathano, 4, were terrified of the animals.
"If we were in the city this would never go on for so long. It's just a fob off. The council aren't doing their jobs," Mr Flowers said.
Residents said they were fed up with the Far North District Council, which had failed to put an end to the attacks spanning more than a year and a half.
"Everyone's pussy footing around," Mrs Fisk said.
More than a dozen complaints had been made and dog rangers had visited the property 15 times.
"They are just dodging the situation," Mrs Fisk said.
But council spokesperson Alison Lees said animal control officers could not seize or destroy the dogs unless they were caught in action or there was proof it was them attacking the sheep.
"The council is very concerned about these horrific dog attacks and we would very much like to resolve this distressing situation," Mrs Lees said.
Neighbours said Mr Oneroa was dangerous and lived outside the law.
"Is there one rule for bad buggers and one rule for everybody else?" Mrs Fisk asked.