'Urban dogs are a huge problem for urban fringe farmers'PAT SCALA/FAIRFAX Farmer John Lakey on his farm in Sunbury, Victoria. "Urban dogs are a huge problem for urban fringe farmers," he said. While he owns special livestock guard dogs that stay with his ewes, they were in a separate part of the farm when the dog attacked the rams. PAT SCALA/FAIRFAX 'I shoot purely to guard the livestock,' says farmer John Lakey, who shot a dog that had mauled his rams. "The dog ripped and bloodied the ears of four or five rams," Lakey said.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2016 01:30 UTC