[Ansteorra-textiles] horrible news

[Carolle M Cox]

Best of luck, Kestrel.  I'm just about 25 miles north, if there's anything i
can do to help.

Gerita


----- Original Message -----
From: "Victoria Owens" <vmowens at airmail.net>
To: <ansteorra-textiles at ansteorra.org>; "judy" <judy.kolkman at orst.edu>;
<AOwens at hrsa.gov>; <clo5 at cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:22 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-textiles] horrible news


> Hi
>
> The wild dogs that killed the kittens under our porch here at the museum
on
> Monday came back last night.  This time they went after my (the museum's)
> sheep.  They harried my little Gretel to death.  Our big Suffolk wether,
> Meriwether had to be put to sleep, he had no feeling or motion in his back
> legs.  They ruined one of Minerva's front legs and she had to be put to
> sleep too.
>
> Mary is real scratched up around the neck and has a few punctures on her
leg
> but it looks like she will make it. My little boy Hansel put up quite a
> fight.  He has some bad punctures on his hips and they ripped one of his
> hoof pads.  I have to go finish cleaning him up but he should make it as
> well.
>
> OCP is still officially a city park yet they are not being terribly
helpful.
> Even though we know there were 3 large dogs the city has only put out 1
live
> trap.  We know there were 3 dogs because the guard saw them, one up very
> close because it tried to attack him.  The sheep and goats are going in
the
> stable for the night.  Considering the amount of the porch they dug up to
> get to the kittens we are concerned that they will go after the chicken
yard
> tonight.  We are trying to get it all secured for the night.
>
> I'll let y'all know how Hansel and Mary do.
>
> Kestral/Victoria
>
>
>
>
> Victoria Owens
> Collections Mngr/Web Admin
> Old City Park:  The Historical Village of Dallas
> Visit Dallas' Premier Living History Museum
> http://www.oldcitypark.org
>
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