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Dogs Causing Severe Sheep Losses
YASS P.P. Board is concerned at reports of serious
sheep losses by marauding dogs, mainly of the "nondescript
mongrel" variety.
Losses of up
to
£100
have
occurred.
The Minister for Agriculture will be asked f<jr advice
as to the best method of dealing -» with the dogr =-;•
.
:
Dir- G. Johnson said severe
losses of sheep killed by dogs had
been reported to him. One mat;
had lost 40 good ewes, and in the
Canberra area it was stated 200
sheep had been killed by dogs- He
moved: .
That instances of depredations
by dogs be placed before the
Minister for Agriculture, and
he be asked what action could
be taken to deal with the dogs.
Dir. Johnson said he knew of
a case at Gunning where two
dogs had killed sheep valued at
£100. The owner of the dogs |
left the district two years ago. |
There xnere was another anuimi case where -
complaint was made, and the man
who had the dogs smd tneyuelonged
to his father-in-law at nai -
den, and he only fed them, it was (
a very serious matter tor landholders.
The dogs appeared "iie to
be mainly owned by people living IV1 I 1
in towns, and were mostly nondescript
mongrels.
j
Dir. J. R. Midway said the uisfcter
ici was vraa discussed — r- -- at conference,
when a suggestion was made to
increase the registration fee for
dogs to £3 a head, "but we were
1
not in the race-
COULD BE SHOT
Dir.- A. Kilby said there was
some trouble in the Ca.nberra dis-1
trict. They had a kind of nuisances
inspector, who rounded up
the dogs. He understood the law
said if a dog was found interfering
with sheep it could be shot.
They had also enforced sterilisation
of Alsations in Canberra.
The chairman (Dir. E. C. Archer)
: That is throughout the whole
State.
< Dir. Kilby said it was a question
which the police might be
able to handle—whether they
could destroy any dogs not required.
The secretary said there was
only one way to deal with sheep
i inning killing dogs, and that tnat was to
ghoot Uiem
Dir. G. Stevelis said he knew of
| 0[)e man at Bownjllg who had t
(jeen toW by the police to «use his I fe
| discl.et;0n."
Tll e
I secretary: The only way to
! stop it is by a big registration fee. j
| mjgjlt aiso send a notice for t I
discussion at the next conference. I
Dir- Johnson: Losses are often I
caused to men in a small way, who
, leave their properties to work else-
, where dm,ing the wecki and re_
, turnjng. at the veeken(j fj„d they
jlave iost 20 or 30 sheep.
• The motion was seconded by
Dir. Kilby and carried.
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