A flock of sheep were surrounded by beagle dogs and five of the sheep were killed and a number were injured, a court in Killarney has heard. A flock of sheep were surrounded by beagle dogs and five of the sheep were killed and a number were injured, a court in Killarney has heard. Kerry County Council is applying to put down the pack of beagle hunting dogs owned by a Kilcummin man, but the allegation that 20 "dangerous beagle dogs" had attacked the flock of sheep at Currow Ross, Currow, is to be “hotly contested,” Killarney District Court was told. The sheep farmer, from Boolteens Castlemaine, who was renting the land at Currow Ross was alerted to the attack on his sheep at around 7am. When he arrived his sheep at 7.30am he found up to 20 “big beagle type dogs” encircling his sheep and savaging them.

Source: Irish Independent April 04, 2019 08:03 UTC