One of the dogs involved in an attack on sheep in Dunedin yesterday. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
One of the dogs involved in an attack on sheep in Dunedin yesterday. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Two dogs killed at least one sheep at a Dunedin lifestyle block yesterday afternoon, and one is already set to be put down.
The Dunedin City Council is also investigating the deaths of two more sheep at a nearby property in another dog attack later yesterday, but it was unableto confirm if the same dogs carried out both maulings on the Otago Peninsula.
A woman who lives on the section near Highcliff Rd, and who requested anonymity, said she had never seen either of the two dogs before they entered her property and grabbed a sheep by the neck.
"I used to read about it but I never thought it'd happen to me."
She lost sight of them, then went looking for the pair, managing to grab one, a large black dog which appeared to be a mixed-breed terrier.
Dunedin City Council animal control officer Karan Whyte checks for a microchip in one of the dogs involved in an attack on sheep in Dunedin yesterday. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
The woman hauled the blood-stained dog back to her farmhouse where she tied it to a quad bike and called animal control.
She provided the dog with water and expressed sympathy for its plight, saying she did not want to see either dog put down.
