WORRYING OF SHEEP

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21341, 7 December 1934, Page 21

WORRYING OF SHEEP

♦ — MENACE CAUSED BY STRAY DOGS DISCISSION AT meetim; of KENNEL Cl.l'R i.sreciAi. to the rßzss. TIMARU, December 6. Claiming that it was the duty of the club to do all possible to check the i practice of allowing dogs to wander , loose at nights worrying stock. Mr i W. Gentlemun stated at the annual : meeting of the South Canterbury Kennel Club to-night that he had shot 22 ■ dogs in the last two years. The chairman, Mr F. G. Savlllc. said the meeting was concerned with the pedigree of dogs. | Mr Gentlemun held that the club should interest itself in his complaint. ; Many of the animals which worried stock, he said, came from the suburb- : and if oiie walked through Timaru at 4 o'clock on any morning one could • find 100 dogs roaming the slices. ) The chairman said that if Mr Gen - 1 tlemun could assure the meet ins; ihat > the dogs were registered the ciuo would look into the matter. "I shot 22 dogs in two years," said Mr Gentlemun, "'and only one had a ' collar on it." 5 The chairman: I do not think we 1 can concern ourselves with shcop- ; dogs. . "You can help to educate the pub ' lie," said Mr Gentlemun. "In 99 cases f out of 100 it is suburban dogs xhst , wander round farms." The chairman: Could you produce I ] one. Mr Gentlemun: I could haw. bin ] not now. i Laughter, i Ho added that I he thought he could produce thebon^ | | of the dogs. The chairman said that if the co-;s . concerned were registered with a k-cr.-L nel club there would be no diffieul\v : in the matter. He suggested ihat farL mers' unions might be interested in the matter, the kennel club being interested only in the pedigiv: cf the r dogs. The cliairman told Mr jonileirum i that he had made a serious :,Interne:,: ■ about his shooting of dogs, adding that | a man was liable for animr.ls b-hui. 1 J unless he could prove thc-y v. ere y I worrying sheep. | Mr Gentlemun: "I wii yuasuitc. 1 I it. Iff get your dog up r nv way I j will shoot him it lie wnrrcs i 1 ' '• sheep." i Laughter.) " ; The chairman .strlcd that if i-,-»■•- - j bers of the club allowed their due- ' I to be loose at night and the animal' i: j sufl'erec.!. In* had no sympathy with :h. ' I owners. He thanked Mr Geiricmi;:. 1 I ior his remarks. - <! Mr Gentlemun: "! hup:' voi: An ■■< ■• 3 tal'o offence at the fart: t Mr A. White I'skcd if ;civ cf :;•:,- 1 dogs referred to by Mr Gcn'.ler.ui' 5 were Alsatians. j Mr Gentlemun: "Definitely, ik."