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Loose dogs maul, SINCE Friday, Robert Lee has been spending his nights sitting on a mat on the porch of the feed room at his Waimanalo ranch, armed with a gun in case of more dog attacks.
kill Waimanalo
livestock
Two pregnant ewes, a peafowl
and chickens are killed, and a
lamb is fatally injuredBy Harold Morse
Star-BulletinIn two weeks, dogs are believed to have killed two pregnant ewes, a female peacock and chickens, and badly injured a lamb, said Theresia "Terry" Lee.
Her husband, Robert, saw two reddish-brown dogs with pit-bull traits running away from their Hihimanu Street ranch when he arrived to feed their animals at about 8 a.m. Friday, she said.
They had to shoot the lamb.
Another lamb had been bitten on the neck, and their billy goat had a mark on his leg that appeared to be a bite, she said.
On Friday night, he saw two different pairs of dogs prowling around the ranch after midnight, but the dogs did not return Saturday."My husband came out and they saw him. He did shoot one time and scared them off," Lee said. "But you can't shoot them in the dark. You just see silhouettes and hear the barking."
The Lees have been training their animals to be wary of strangers.
The first ewe killed was "Sweetie," so named because she was so friendly.
"We don't want them friendly any more," Lee said. "We want them to run when strangers come. We want them to run when strange dogs come."
The Lees called police Friday, and an officer saw the lamb that was mauled, she said. The officer also took a report about a neighbor's chickens that were killed.
In October 1992, the Lees also had bad luck. In three separate attacks, dogs killed a pet goose, three goats and about a dozen sheep.
Finally, the three dogs were cornered and shot.