ROAMING DOGS KILL FOUR GOATS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Four goats were killed and seven were injured by roaming neighborhood dogs that attacked them in their backyard pens, animal control officials said Thursday. Three Nubian goats and one La Mancha La Man·cha A region of south-central Spain. The high, mostly barren plateau is famous as the setting for Cervantes's Don Quixote. goat died after they were attacked between 11 p.m. and midnight Wednesday by at least two dogs who dug underneath two fences, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the owners and an animal control officer. ``This is just senseless,'' said Susan Murphy, the goats' owner. ``My animals aren't even safe in my own yard.'' Animal control officials wrote citations Thursday to the owners of two dogs that Murphy's husband, Mike, identified as the culprits, but the dogs were not seized because they were found confined in their yards. The dogs' owners were cited on suspicion of lacking licenses and proof of rabies rabies (rā`bēz, ră`–) or hydrophobia (hī'drəfō`bēə), acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in vaccination for their pets and allowing the dogs to be a public hazard, according to Animal Control Officer Alvaro Gonzalez. Animal control officials said dog attacks on livestock happen periodically in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``Basically, owners do not protect their animals,'' Gonzalez said. ``The fence they had was four feet high and very weak. Any dog could have jumped that fence.'' But Murphy blames dog owners who allow their pets to roam free. She said she has warned the dog owners to keep their pets confined. ``People don't listen. They don't think,'' Murphy said. ``They let their dogs out at night. It's so preventable. People don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. about people who have livestock.'' Murphy said the dead goats had won awards at competitions throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and were pregnant. She said two of the seven injured goats were in critical condition and under a veterinarian's care. Murphy said she usually leaves her Australian shepherd The Australian Shepherd is a breed of working dog that was developed in the Western United States in the 19th century from several different breeds.[1]<ref name="ascasite" /><ref name="Coile" /> Despite its name, the breed, commonly known out at night to guard the goats but brought it indoors Wednesday night because of the cold. Alerted by bleating bleat n. 1. a. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep. b. A sound similar to this cry. 2. A whining, feeble complaint. v. bleat·ed, bleat·ing, bleats v. from the goats as they were attacked, Murphy's husband ran outside and chased away the dogs, then followed them in a car to their homes nearby. ``The goats were just screaming,'' Murphy said. ``It was just heartbreaking. Murphy said only three of the 14 goats in her yard that night, including one that belongs to an 8-year-old 4-H Club member, escaped injury - possibly because the dogs were scared away by horses in an adjacent pen. ``This has devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. my life,'' Murphy said. ``These animals are like my children. They're my life.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color in AV edition only) A 6-month-old goat gets comforted by owner Susan Murphy after he was attacked by dogs. (2) Susan Murphy and her husband, Mike, examine survivors of an attack in which dogs killed four goats. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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