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- Feral Dog Pack Attacks Deputy, Threatens Boy, Kills Pets - KOCO
- 2 Found Dead In Walworth County Home Along With Pets - WISN.com
- Dog park proposed in Raritan for pets to run off leash - NJ.com
| Feral Dog Pack Attacks Deputy, Threatens Boy, Kills Pets - KOCO Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:34 AM PDT POSTED: 10:31 am CDT November 5, 2010 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office said more than 40 wild dogs terrorized a neighborhood Tuesday.Deputies responded to a house in the 12000 block of North Luther Road on an animal complaint call.When the deputy arrived, he was told by a homeowner that a pack of wild dogs killed two of their pet dogs and had cornered an 8-year-old boy.The family rescued the boy from the pack of more than 40 feral dogs.Images: Rescued Dogs From Scene The deputy said they found that an elderly man had been collecting dogs off the street for years.Police said the dogs stayed in the back yard, but recently started leaving when the electric fence began failing.According to the sheriff, two animal rescue agencies arrived to help the deputy, but were overwhelmed at the number of the dogs.The deputy and the animal rescue agencies began removing the dogs after the elderly man admitted he could no longer take care of the animals.While removing the pack of wild dogs, the deputy and a couple of volunteers were bitten by the animals, the sheriff said.According to the sheriff, the deputy suffered the most serious bite from the dogs.Police said at least three dogs have been very difficult to capture and remain on the elderly man's property. Copyright 2010 by koco.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| 2 Found Dead In Walworth County Home Along With Pets - WISN.com Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:49 PM PDT POSTED: 9:24 pm CDT November 4, 2010 DARIEN, Wis. -- A drop in temperatures leads to tragedy in a small Wisconsin town. A man and his daughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the village of Darien in Walworth County, police said.Bryar Veley is mourning the loss of his friend, 46-year-old Vincent Ayers, and his 18-year-old daughter Vanessa. They died in their apartment of carbon monoxide poisoning Thursday afternoon, police said."No one answered and so I called my buddy back, and he said they were DOA on arrival," said Veley.Police said they found the electricity had apparently been disconnected and a gas generator was located inside the home."It was too cold and they were staying in the trailer I believe at night because the house was too cold, and they were sleeping in the trailer to stay warm with blankets," said Veley.Ayers and his daughter worked at the local Bigelow Landscaping Co. and had fallen on hard times. Co-workers said his wife died a few weeks ago of leukemia and he was expecting a life insurance benefit of $10,000 so he could pay his bills and move. In the meantime they said he was too proud to ask for help."I mean this is just a tragedy what happened," said co-worker Tony Valadez"It's just tragic, bad, I mean, like I said he had that pride that he didn't want anybody to help him and I mean all of us here said we would chip in," said Valadez.The investigation is incomplete, but foul play has pretty much been ruled out. Copyright 2010 by WISN.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Dog park proposed in Raritan for pets to run off leash - NJ.com Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:58 AM PDT Published: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 6:01 AMRARITAN — What can be done with a half acre of fenced-in unused piece of property in the middle of town that's owned by the county?
Borough Councilman Greg Lobell has been a proponent of the idea for some time now. A few things still have to be worked out before the land on the west side of First Avenue near the corner of Tillman Street can literally go to the dogs, hopefully at a cost of just $1 per year. Negotiations are underway with Somerset County officials to have the county lease the property to Raritan Borough for an annual rate of a dollar. Lobell was at the site with Borough Engineer Stan Schrek about two weeks ago to assess the work needed to convert what was once a small park for people into a park for both dogs and people. "We're going to need to replace about 100 feet of fencing," Lobell said. Additional fencing will also be needed to build a corral area at the dog park entrance, which is at the top of an existing staircase along First Avenue. Owners and their dogs would enter the park through a gate into the corral. There, dogs are then usually unleashed. Owners and their dogs would then exit the corral and enter the dog park through a second gate. An existing gate currently in place that allows access via Tillman Street would also be removed. "I'd like to see if I can drum up some donations from a fence company," Lobell said, perhaps in exchange for some form of company advertising at the dog park. Since the property was previously used as a park facility, there are about eight light posts and an equal number of park benches on the site. The plan is for all the lights and some of the benches to be removed. "There will be no lights in there," said Lobell, noting that the proposed hours for the dog park would be from dawn to dusk. The remaining benches, which according to Lobell are all structurally sound, would be fitted with new backings. The councilman said he hopes to engage the Raritan Social Club and other volunteers to cleanup the park from overgrowth and dead branches before the park eventually opens. The club is a community service organization formed in 2009. Signage would also be needed at the dog park entrance stating park rules and hours of the day the park is open. In general, pet owners who use dog parks are self policing when it comes to unruly pets. Lobell said he has seen self policing take place at the dog park in Colonial Park on Mettlers Road in Franklin Township near the Hillsborough border, where he sometime goes. Lobell seemed confident that similar self policing would take place at the First Avenue dog park. Raritan Administrator Dan Jaxel at a previous Bough Council meeting said he was investigating whether any liability involving the dog park would be covered under the municipality's umbrella insurance policy. Asked if the dog park would get much use, Lobell said, "There are quite a few people I see walking their dogs in Raritan. They're interested in having a place to let their dogs run off leash." "It's a half acre just waiting there to get use. I can't think of a better use for it." he said. "I think it will have a pretty fair share of use." Further discussion about the proposed First Avenue dog park will likely take place at the first Raritan Borough Council meeting in November. Share your news and comments at the Raritan forum: nj.com/forums/raritan More Raritan news at nj.com and facebook.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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