Sheep-Worrying
Sir, —Of course, it is not I only Alsatians that worry sheep; one has before now seen all sorts in a marauding pack—spaniels, mongrels, terriers, and even, on one occasion, a Pekinese, though he was a good deal more than a short nose behind the rest of the field. Moreover, there are probably very few dogs in which the killer instinct cannot be aroused whenever a gangster spirit is abroad—almost human, in fact. Still, that instinct must surely be nearer the surface in a breed, admittedly in many respects a noble breed, that stems, however remotely, from one of nature’s most cunning, purposeful and insensate killers, as anyone can testify who has lived where the big bad wolf is most definitely not man’s, or at any rate the farmer’s, best friend. —Yours, etc., ILAM. July 8, 1963.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30178, 9 July 1963, Page 3
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