"Cameron entered a bloody scene of dead sheep and terrified animals"
Two rottweilers destroyed three sheep yesterday morning on a property at Parkhurst, near Rockhampton, Queensland. A fourth sheep was later put down by a vet due to its extensive injuries. The attack was interrupted by Cameron Burggraaf, one of the property owner's employees.
Pictured is the property owner Mark Bull, who said "If they come back again onto my property, I'll shoot them ... I have the licences."
Mr Bull has been informed by authorities that the dogs would likely return now they had the taste for blood. An employee had previously been chased by a rottweiler as he rode a bicycle to work.
"I would hate to think what would happen if these dogs got hold of a child," Mr Bull said. "Someone knows whose dogs these are. They would have come home with blood all over them."
Mr Bull's property is fenced and it appears that the dogs dug under the fence. Also on the property is a pony that his children love.
A police spokesperson outlined the circumstances under which a property owner may lawfully shoot a dog on the property: "The section applies if an owner of land that is not in an urban district, and is an authorised person, reasonably believes a dog on the land is not under someone's control, and is attacking, or is about to attack, stock on the land.""
Prepared using report "Roaming rottweilers slaughter pet sheep in frenzied attack", The Morning Bulletin 26/8/07, http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3782740, accessed 26/8/08. Image from the source article where it is uncredited.
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