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Monday, June 30, 2008
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WALES, Maine — Members of a central Maine farming family say a dog got into their poultry pen in Wales and devastated scores of animals being raised for food.
Amy Tremblay said her sons caught the dog and hooked it to a run, but that by then the husky had wiped out the family´s young flocks of about 105 Rhode Island Red and Cornish Rock chickens.
Tremblay said the dog didn´t eat any of the fowl, but mangled them.
Animal Control Officer Wendell Strout said after the Saturday attack that the husky, which was young and had a shock collar and a tag, was not dangerous to humans. Strout said the dog probably got excited after scaling the pen fence.
Strout estimated the damage at around $1,000.
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Information from: Sun-Journal, http://www.sunjournal.com
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