[Ansteorra-textiles] horrible news

Robin Craig aceiatx at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 31 21:43:09 PDT 2002


Yeah, if anyone is looking for a donkey, I know a breeder in Lockheart.
-Robin

--- Robert and Beth Ellis <killian at viptx.net> wrote:
> This is really awful.  As much as I love dogs, this sort of thing cannot be
> allowed.  Catch the dog with tags if possible and consider taking legal
> action against the
> owner.  And Robin is absolutely right - down here in South Texas (where
> there's lots of coyotes), you always see donkeys (and sometimes mules) with
> livestock whether
> it be horses, cattle, or sheep.  They bond with the animals they are placed
> with, are fearless, and will go after anything that harasses "their" herd.
> The ranchers
> around here wouldn't go without them.  The problem with having a single dog
> as protection against packs is that the poor thing is automatically
> outnumbered (not to
> mention doggy mentality issues involving domination/subordination coming into
> play) .  Donkeys don't give a flip about that and will take on most anything.
> Surprisingly enough they also make great pets, so they would be safe to have
> around the public.
> Corrinne
>
> Robin Craig wrote:
>
> > Don Eisen is wonderful!  Is 'Tip' any help here or is he too shy?  Would he
> at
> > least bark?
> > Sounds like you need to let one of those mules out with your livestock.
> They
> > would kill any feral dogs that came near!
> > -Robin
> >
> > --- Victoria Owens <vmowens at airmail.net> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Our director wants to save the "alerting the press" card till he has
> > > exhausted all other options.  Since we have people who in the evening
> walk
> > > around the grounds for exercise, he has made a very good point that it is
> a
> > > 'public safety concern' as well as an 'animal control concern'.
> > >
> > > I am unsure precisely what the "in town" laws are, but yes dogs that
> harass
> > > livestock can be killed.  Don Eisen who also works here may be staying
> the
> > > night.
> > >
> > > To add salt to the wound, this morning the dogs were still roaming
> outside
> > > of the fence and at least one of the dogs had a collar on and possibly
> tags.
> > >
> > >
> > > Kestral
> > >
> > >
> > > Victoria Owens
> > > Collections Mngr/Web Admin
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> >
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Robin Craig

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