Farmer shoots two huskies, one of them dies

The farmer didn't lose any money and he couldn't have known 100% that his sheep would be attacked.

I'm not necessarily saying that what he did was wrong, im just pointing out the hypocrisy of those who vehemently defend him even though it was lawful.

They don't need to be attacked to cause harm, the stress alone of being chased can cause them to abort.

what?

What do you fail to understand about that?

What do you mean "abort"?

What do you mean "abort"?

The sheep are carrying lambs, it is lambing season in a few months. The stress will cause the ewes to abort their lambs.

You are the perfect example of townies not understanding agriculture.

Pregnant sheep can miscarry through stress or even kill their live young. That's why dogs, especially off lead shouldn't be on farmers' land.

That's pretty much an assumption you're making really. It's really the lesser of two evils here, the huskies are still animals not pets. You put a greater value on the sheep because of the benefit they provide you.

Perhaps I dont understand agriculture, it's a dying industry in this country anyway.

That's pretty much an assumption you're making really. It's really the lesser of two evils here, the huskies are still animals not pets. You put a greater value on the sheep because of the benefit they provide you.

Perhaps I dont understand agriculture, it's a dying industry in this country anyway.

Thank you and thanks @Willy Pete for explaining, I never knew that.

Okay perhaps im not fully informed of this. But regardless Im still not sure whether a running dog will cause such stress, these sheep have been surrounded by tractors and other animals too.

Thank you and thanks @Willy Pete for explaining, I never knew that.

Okay perhaps im not fully informed of this. But regardless Im still not sure whether a running dog will cause such stress, these sheep have been surrounded by tractors and other animals too.

I think the point is, regardless of value and pet or animal. The huskies were on the farmers' land, worrying his valuable stock. It's up to the farmer what he wants to do about the dogs 'trespassing' on his land and potentially losing him money. It's very sad that the dogs had to be shot at and one sadly died, but maybe it'll make for a more responsible owner in the future.

I put greater value in the ewes because they are someone's livelihood.

Dying industry... You really suck at economy.

The farmer didn't lose any money and he couldn't have known 100% that his sheep would be attacked.

I'm not necessarily saying that what he did was wrong, im just pointing out the hypocrisy of those who vehemently defend him even though it was lawful.

What do you mean "abort"?

Well you have absolutely zero knowledge of the subject in question, there are plenty of people here myself included who do.

In short you are wrong.

Well judging from the story the only person who saw what the dogs were doing to the sheep was the farmer who shot them... the purpose of the law relating to shooting dogs is to allow the farmer to prevent loss of livestock - not to get revenge on the dog after it's done the damage (which as a previous poster mentioned might not be immediately obvious during the attack anyway)

Yes, Im not denying that it was within the farmers right to shoot. But he still should have fired a warning shot at least.