big scary dog pack terrorizing Washington State

[Enrique]

:scared:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_WYvOCYcbLNgVoHvb1YjwbwN6sg?docId=cc813a8f555d49faad533f82e02dbbad

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A "bloodthirsty" pack of dogs has killed about 100 animals in the past few months while eluding law enforcement and volunteers in northeastern Washington state, residents and authorities said.

The killings started in late March and have occurred in a wide area of mountains and valleys west of Deer Park, a small town about 40 miles north of Spokane.

"Trying to figure out where they are going to hit is next to impossible," Stevens County Undersheriff Lavonne Webb said Thursday. "Nobody is claiming ownership of any animals involved in the pack."

Most recently, the dogs killed a 350-pound llama Tuesday night. They've also killed goats and other farm animals.

So far, no humans have been attacked. But authorities are warning residents to take whatever steps are necessary to protect their families and animals because the dogs appear to be killing for fun rather than food.


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http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.2945344.1307697705!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.jpg

[no_hypocrisy]

1. A real-life Call of the Wild

[LiberalEsto]

2. The Young Republicans are at it again. nt

[Champion Jack]

3. +

[get the red out]

4. The picture

The picture looks like pictures I have seen of wolf/dog hybrids. I have also read that many people get them as puppies only to realize that they got into more than they can handle since their needs and personalities are not just like any large breed domestic dog. Perhaps someone thought they were doing the "kind" thing by releasing animals like this into the wild. Just speculation on my part.

[GoCubsGo]

5. They look an awful lot like coyotes.

I'm betting some of these people who "refuse ownership of the pack" couldn't be bothered to have their own animals "fixed". Mama coyote probably met up with an unneutered German Shepherd or Husky/Malamute. A lot of the small towns in this neck of the woods have feral dog problems, as well. Not as bad as the feral hog problem, however.

[Renew Deal]

6. Those are Washington Huskies!