Families fear roaming dogs | Bundaberg News | Local News in Bundaberg
Families fear roaming dogs
Apple Tree Creek family Hayden (front), Erin, Renee and Courtney Svendsen with neighbour Ross McLennan are fearful there will be more wild dog attacks in the Hamanns Road area.
RENEE Svendsen fears the next thing attacked by dogs roaming her street will be her three children.
Last month the Hamanns Road resident’s children woke up one morning and went to feed their pet goats, Jack and Jill.
“Erin said, ‘Jill’s not getting up’,” Mrs Svendsen said.
“(The goat) looked okay from the front and then we walked around and took a look at her from behind.”
The dogs had left a gaping hole in the pet goat’s hind quarters and Mrs Svendsen was left with little choice but to put her down.
The Apple Tree Creek resident said that on Friday morning when one of her daughters went to feed the animals she spotted an animal bigger than a fox chasing a wallaby through bushland.
“I have three children on the property and I’m worried that (the wild dogs) will get bored with the animals and attack the three children,” Mrs Svendsen said.
While neighbour Ross McLennan has not lost any stock, he said he had seen dingoes and a large black long-haired dog run through his property in the past couple of months.
“It was bigger than a German Sheperd,” Mr McLennan said.
“He was pretty fit because he was chasing a kangaroo across the paddock ... and boy was he fast.”
The Hamanns Road resident said not enough was being done to keep feral dogs and dingoes under control.
“I’d like to see a bounty put on the dingoes and wild dogs like they had when I was a kid.
“That’s why it was under control.”
Eureka farmer Barbara Vincent said wild dogs had been an ongoing issue in the area, dating back at least 10 years when she lost $16,300 worth of stock to dingoes.
“It is mainly because the dingoes and dogs follow the water tributaries down from the state forest and people have seen them running around,” she said.
Mrs Vincent said she had seen packs of up to 20 dingoes and packs of up to 30 crossbred dingoes.
She also suggested completing a controlled cull or reintroducing the scalp bounty.
More Stories
Latest stories from our news sites
-
Today
Mostly sunny
13°C/26°C -
Tomorrow
Possible shower
15°C/26°C
Most Popular
- Boy assaulted 16 times in one night
- Sexual assault in the supermarket
- Bunnings shifts trade focus
- Bundy's airline hopes in limbo
- Skip man slams high waste fees
- MP Chris Trevor won't admit loss
- Bundy's drink drive disgrace
- Historic house goes under hammer
- 'Lazy' locals dismiss farm jobs
- Death threat email a concern
Special offers
Virgo
24 August - 23 September
You're probably worried about what someone's NOT saying whether it be a personal or professional problem on their part. Perhaps they have a health matter they're... More Horoscopes »
Select your zodiac sign
Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer | Leo | Virgo | Libra | Scorpio | Sagittarius | Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces
Recent Comments
Add a Comment »
Posted by dingosimon from Boonenne, Queensland
15 February 2010 7 a.m. | Suggest removal » | Post reply »
Lets get something straight here.
first , dingoes do not run in packs of 20 or more, never have, never will, you are just making that up.
2. Comment " Wild dogs will get bored with the animals and attack the three children." Absolute rubbish, there has never been any history of this behaviour.
Where did wild dogs come from??
From farmers , townies, roo and pig shooters who dont lock up their dogs or who have lost them while hunting.
These dogs are the ones causing all the killing not dingoes. Get your facts right and stop printing nonsense.
I agree all the wild dogs should be removed, they are destroying so much livestock and wild life.
Yes the Govt's and Farming Bodies should set up committees to sort out this problem once and for all, instead of the just talking about it.
Scalp bounty will not do a thing, It has to be a totally organised operation that is done at the same time through out all States, and only then will there be any hope of success.