I’ve had first-hand experience in trying to keep wild dogs from mauling
a herd of cattle. When I was in college, I lived with my grandparents on
their farm. Several packs of wild dogs lived in the woods nearby, and
occasionally they would make forays into the pasture where he kept the
cattle. I’ve seen them shred a calf to pieces, and have even seen the
bull of the herd running from them. When it got bad, my grandfather
would get his neighbors together and we would take our guns and go back
into the woods and hunt down as many dogs as we could find. But some
always survived and a few months later they would be back on the attack.
It’s impossible for city people to understand this kind of situation.
Robert
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Wednesday February 20 06:59 PM EST
Wild Pets

There’s a growing public safety problem in Central Texas. It’s happening
near Webberville along the Travis/Bastrop county line. Packs of dogs —
pets running loose — attacking and killing livestock. Residents say the
dogs band together and a pack mentality wipes out any puppy love. Two
months ago Donna Moreno was surrounded by ten to fifteen dogs. She
emptied her gun trying protect her goat herd, never thinking she’d have
to protect herself.

She got on the phone and told the operator she was about to die because
she was being attacked by wild dogs. A neighbor with ammunition scared
the pack off. Several months ago, a pack of dogs killed a two thousand
dollar llamas, and now they’re attacking registered angus baby calves –
the livelihood of several farmers here. Then, just three days ago– a
pack attacked again- three goats dead, others mutilated. Now the concern
has spread to the neighborhood children who play here. Bastrop County
Animal Control tries to keep up with ! th! e number of loose animals.
Eleven dogs were trapped this week alone after a calf was killed, but
animal control authorities stress these are not wild dogs, they’re
someone’s pets. Pets that Bastrop county animal control hopes people
will keep safe at home. Far from livestock and gunfire.
Neighbors admit they don’t feel comfortable shooting the dogs because
they know they’re someone’s pets. They say it’s like committing murder.
If the pack dogs are trapped, and their owners can’t be found, most are
not fit for adoption, and eighty to ninety percent of them are put to
sleep.

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