Shock and anger are rippling through property owners around Baradine following brutal dog attacks that have injured and killed commercial goats and prized sheep on local farms.
The devastated stock owners say the losses are not only financial, but heartbreaking, particularly when carefully bred animals have had to be destroyed.
One local farmer said the attack had left a trail of destruction in the paddock and thousands of dollars in losses. They say that the herd were initially attacked with injuries consistent with dog bites.
“We found four does and one buck dead . . .
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