September 19, 2018
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Clair Turner comforts her surviving sheep.
Vicious dog attack mars quiet lambing season A quiet lambing season was shattered last week following the vicious mauling of 11 sheep, which left three dead. The incident occurred just south of Warkworth on a lifestyle block off State Highway 1, near McKinney Road. Owner Clair Turner was awakened before 6am by the sound of, what she describes as, “mad barking”. She
ran out into her paddock to find a dog gnawing at the face of one of her distressed sheep. Clair said it was difficult to make out the dog clearly in the half-light. She said she could not identify the breed, but it appeared to be a mediumsize dog, dark tan in colour with a large head and chest. But even identifying
the colour of the dog was tricky, as there was so much blood around, much of it covering the dog’s face. The dog fled when Clair arrived on the scene. The attack left two sheep dead and a third so badly injured it had to be put down by a vet. One of the dead sheep had its face bitten off, while another had lost its back leg.
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Clair described the loss as “devastating”. “It’s not about the monetary loss. These were more pets than anything else. They were all known by name,” she said. Eight sheep had tried to escape by wading into a pond in the paddock, but most had sustained serious injuries continued page 2 WWW.RDCONSTRUCTION.CO.NZ
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