[TheeBadOne]

Woman shoots Rottweilers after they attack llamas

EVANSVILLE, Minn. - When Kim Fedje went to check on her livestock she didn't fully load her rifle because she didn't think she'd need it. She was wrong.

Fedje was getting ready for work earlier this month when she heard dogs barking on her western Minnesota property. Her fiance told her to take the .22 when she checked on the farm animals.

"I only put in about 10 shells but am not sure because I wasn't counting and didn't expect anything to be wrong," Kim said.

Fedje first checked the animals in the barn, then headed to the pasture shared with her neighbors. There, she said, she saw her neighbor's herd of llamas clustered in a tight circle. Llamas only stand in such a circle to fight off predators, Fedje said.

"I yelled, 'Here, llamas!'," she said.

Instead of llamas, she got big dogs - a pair of charging Rottweilers.

"I thought 'Run!' and at the same time knew that if I ran I would be dead," Fedje said. "I aimed my .22 and started firing."

The first three rounds missed. The next killed one dog at about 20 feet. The next, her last round, wounded the other dog.

Her fiance reloaded the rifle, found the wounded dog and killed it.

With the dogs no longer a threat, they checked the llama herd. All 13 animals had been attacked; nine required stitches, and one had a hamstring ripped out, Fedje said.

"The whole herd is ruined," said Joni Neal, owner of the llamas.

Douglas County prosecutors referred the investigation to Alexandria city prosecutors because one of the owners of the dogs is a department head with the county. That owner, Paula Carpenter, director of the land and resource management office, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment from The Associated Press.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4180280.html
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Good shooting under pressure.

[Leatherneck]

Good shoot.

Long tradition in America of justifiable killing of dogs that raid livestock, even in "play."

Hope the county bureaucrat doesn't make trouble...:scrutiny:

TC
TFL Survivor

[TallPine]

And no honest person needs an AK-47, right ...?

:rolleyes:

[greyhound]

Wow, a charging Rott stopped with a .22. (maybe a .22 Magnum?)

Some good shooting going on there, I'd say....

As far as the bureaucrat making trouble, it is Minnesota, so this will somehow be twisted into a reason to repeal CCW NOW! :D

(no offense intended to the good citizens of MN - here in MD we don't even have CCW for our leftists to rail against)

[Ivanimal]

We should regulate rottweilers asap!

Good shootin i'd say. What would have happened if she didn't hit her mark?

[C.R.Sam]

What would have happened if she didn't hit her mark? The dogs could have been running up to be friendly to a human (superior), or they could have considered her to be something else to rip and tear at.

We'll never know.

Good shootin. Owner should be held liable for damages to the herd.

Sam

[outfieldjack]

The dogs could have been running up to be friendly to a human (superior), or they could have considered her to be something else to rip and tear at.

Well, they were tearing up the llamas..... Thats good enough for me to shoot.

[Ivanimal]

Just to be the devils advocate, why do we like to raise llamas anyhow?:scrutiny:

[RustyHammer]

Heck, if it had been two drugged-out wild men running at her with sharp knives -- they likely would have considered it a good shoot.

Why a higher standard given to dogs?

Kind of makes you go hummmmmmmmmmm .... :banghead:

[Topgun]

Has anyone seen my two Rottweiler guide dogs? I named them "Lama" after the Dalai Lama.

They are friendly and love to play with other animals.

They have an innate "guarding" instinct and will circle and protect almost any group of animals.

They love kids, too.


:D

[Andrew Rothman]

Minnesota Statute 347.03
Dogs may be killed

Any owner or caretaker may kill any dog found chasing,
injuring, or worrying sheep or other livestock or poultry owned
by or in care of such owner or caretaker, on lands or premises
owned or controlled by the owner or caretaker, and any owner or
caretaker of sheep may kill any dog found on the owner's or
caretaker's premises where sheep are kept, not under human
restraint or control.

http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/347/03.html

[Andrew Rothman]

Just to be the devils advocate, why do we like to raise llamas anyhow?

:D

http://www.firemountainfarm.com/whyllamas.htm

First and foremost, llamas are good for your soul.
...
Economic reasons for choosing llamas include:

Their fiber is softer and finer than sheep's wool, and hypoallergenic, too, so people who can't wear sheep's wool garments can wear ones made from llama fiber.
...
Llamas make great pack animals for hiking trips.
...
Llamas can be trained to pull a cart with passengers or to carry a small passenger.

Because of their easily trained nature and safety around children, llamas make good 4H projects.

Llamas will effectively guard sheep and other vulnerable livestock from stray dogs, coyotes and other predators. A guard llama is an excellent choice when it is not practical to have a guard dog.


How effectively? :)

[Destructo6]

Yeah, the Llama is supposed to be an excellent pack animal and a good pet. Things that would spook a horse don't bother them.

[Horsesense]

Pretty effective. Two Rots v.’s 9 anything else and you’re going to have casualties. Those Lamas, no doubt, stuck together.

[Standing Wolf]

Douglas County prosecutors referred the investigation to Alexandria city prosecutors because one of the owners of the dogs is a department head with the county.

Special treatment for special people?

[Andrew Rothman]

Special treatment for special people?
No, the opposite. Because a county official owned the dogs, the county prosecutor won't investigate -- as that might have given the appearance of a conflict of interest. Instead, the city prosecutor from a nearby city will handle the case.

This is very common. In the recent Rocori High School shooting, the shooter was a county sheriff's deputy's kid, so the state police agency (the BCA) handled the investigation.

It's a very appropriate and ethical thing to do.

[TheeBadOne]

What Mpayne said. :cool:

[PawDaddy]

I love dogs and can't understand why folks who have them don't keep them out of trouble. A dog running loose can cause alot of trouble for itself, it's owner, and alot of innocent folks. Oftentimes it's children who pay the price for dogs running loose. People need to keep their dogs in pens or fenced in yards, or have them trianed to the point that they will not wander off the property.

Llamas will also spit on you sometimes!

[Moparmike]

Too bad these dogs couldnt be kept penned up.

The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.:p