Times Independent | 1932-02-11 | Page 1 | Sheep-Killing Dogs Play Havoc at Ranch

SHEEP KILLING DOGS PLAY AT RANCH in a raid on the sheep pasture at the ranch of james somerville and son sunday night three dogs killed eleven valuable rams and injured several others so badly that they will probably die the loss amounts to several hundred dollars loyd somerville heard a commotion in the sheep pasture at daylight and rushed to the scene of the slaughter in time to see three dogs run away he was armed only with a 22 caliber rifle and was unable to kill the dogs although he believes he hit one of them A search conducted by mr somerville and son early monday failed to locate the guilty dogs two of the animals resembled police dogs and the other an almdale Al citizens of the valley are urged to cooperate in hunting down the sheep killing dogs several times recently bands of dogs have raided pastures and the owners os well as the ranchers should be anxious to stop the