Howling mad.Animal lover Kathy Bryan of Licking County, Ohio Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 145,491. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2005 Population Estimates the population was 154,806 in 2005. , was upset when she was forced to kill three wolves. On the morning of Sunday, July 16, Bryan heard her three dogs making a ruckus. When she checked into the noise, she saw several wolves in her backyard. One had her beagle beagle, breed of dog beagle, breed of small, compact hound developed over centuries in England and introduced into the United States in the 1870s. It stands between 10 and 15 in. (25.4–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 20 and 40 lb (9. , Roo, by the neck and was trying to "yank Yank steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339] See : Failure (jargon) yank him off his chain," reported the Columbus Dispatch. Bryan got a shotgun and tried to scare off Verb 1. scare off - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, pall, scare, dash intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats the wolves by firing into the air, but that strategy backfired. The wolf that was holding Roo did let go of the dog, but all three wolves then surrounded Bryan. In fear, she killed two of them. The third was dispatched by a sheriff's deputy. Bryan told the Dayton Daily News The Dayton Daily News (DDN) is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. On August 15, 1898, James M. Cox purchased the Dayton Evening News. , "I cried and then I cried. It wasn't their fault. They shouldn't have been there." Bryan blamed her neighbor for the shooting. The wolves were actually escaped pets of a neighbor, Robert Pitt, who keeps exotic animals. Pitt had no comment beyond agreeing that it was necessary to kill the wolves. Roo is healing nicely. |
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