Dogs are deadly, even much loved pets. Any stock owner is entitled to protect his stock. No one who has seen the results of dogs attacking lambs could expect any less response.

Just last week a neighbour, a hobby farmer with only 30 acres, had 3 lambs killed. A few weeks ago he had 2 young alpacas killed. This bloke has covered pens he puts his stock in at night for protection, but these dogs came during the day, indicating pets dogs loose. It is an all too common story in hobby farm areas. The stock is often simply killed, not eaten, suggesting domestic dogs.

My son has tamed a fox, which comes around each night, & is eating from his fingers. He is torn between the likelihood that in making it less wary of people has probably signed it's death warrant, & that feeding it is probably saving someone's chooks. Although a fox is not likely to take anything bigger than chooks, I have suggested he doesn't tell the neighbour about his fox.

Dear Is Mise,

You asked me where I got the information from
for my earlier statement of -

"It appears that there may have been disagreement
between the neighbours..."

I got it from the link that you gave.

In it, it stated:

"There was some conjecture on social media around Karen's
level of culpability in the incident, as her dogs had escaped
her yard in the past."

And -

"She was told to fix her fencing and walk them on leads..."

So I made the assumption that perhaps there may have been
disagreement between the neighbours.

Of course it is only an assumption. I could be totally wrong.

Foxy,

" I could be totally wrong."

You might well be so.

The gun happy man is at it again, Issy I am glad to see you are starting a new discussion on your favorite hobby horse, killing of something, if its not children, its kangaroos and dogs.
I thought you were all in favour of killing kangaroos. If that's the case the dogs may have been attempting to perform a public service.

"Though the farmer cannot prove the dogs were aggressive, or in the vicinity of livestock, or they attacked a kangaroo, rangers have taken his word for it, and the case is closed as far as they are concerned."

Based on that I would think charges should be laid.

Though the old fuddy duddy cannot prove the kids were aggressive, or in the vicinity of his back shed, or they attacked his misses, police have taken his word for it, and the case is closed as far as they are concerned. Three funerals Monday.

A bit off the planet as usual runner. "How could somewone with such diversity do such monstrous things?" Maybe she was a religious nutter, or a nutter in general. Probably never seen the abc's drum or q&a where she would have been enlightened and therefore never contemplated such an evil act.

Paul,

The Rangers have to take his word for it as there were no witnesses and he was within the law.

Do you think that farmers should be required to take video footage of stock or other animals being killed before they fire a shot?

Would one sheep be enough or would you require one for every dog?

I like kangaroos, Paul, and haven't shot one or years, haven't even shot one, to put it out of its misery when it's lying on the road with a broken back or other terminal injuries; these days I just drive on.
To do the humane thing and kill it is illegal.

My father had a farm next to town in NSW and on occasions domestic dogs would enter our calf paddocks and get the calf down and rip it apart. Unfortunately we did not have a gun to defend the livestock but just a stock whip. It only takes one dog with a kill instinct to lead a pack of pet dogs into slaughter.