WORRIED BY DOGS.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18930, 27 April 1933, Page 8

WORRIED BY DOGS.

HEAVY LOSS OF SHEEP.

PUKEICOHE, Wednesday.

The discovery that a flock of 500 of his breeding ewes had been worried by dogs during the night and 60 smothered in a swamp, was made yesterday by a sheepfarmer at Mauku, Mr W. Finlay.

The dogs had driven the flock on to a roadway crossing a swamp, with a gate at the far end, and pressure from the sheep behind forced tho leaders over Ihe edge of the roadway into the water, where they were trampled clown by others of the flock in their terrified efforts to escape from the dogs. In addition (o Hie 60 sheep which were smothered, Mr Finlay had to destroy two which had been badly mauled.

Last night dogs again appeared on the property and worried a Ilock of this season’s lambs. Mr Finlay shot an Alsatian dog dead and wounded a cattle-dog, which lie later traced to its kennel and destroyed. Ten lambs were lost during the night.