Years later I lived in Calif, near Mt Diablo...Large property owner I knew well had herds of white-faced Herefords on his prop that he breed. Expensive cows.
Suburbanites in valley would let Fido out at nite, to be with his buds.
He and his buds would form packs. These packs would range up on this mans property at nite, chasing and hamstringing calves and cows, sometimes killing the animal slowly by many bites. Hamstrung ones needed putting down, by this man when they were found.
In the morning they would go to there homes, were their fine owners would let them back in the house.
He lost several head this way.
He started waiting at nite in a jeep near his water tank, more than a mile from his property line, w/a calf tied out who would bawl most of the nite.
The dog pack would come, he'd flip on jeep's lites and shoot as many as he could til they scattered. Many had collars w/id's and address'.
The next day he would hand deliver the collar to the owners.
He was roundly vilified throughout the near communities, the authorities indicated he was w/in his rights.
Then came the morning when a pack of these 'pets' found a six year old boy in his yard, and killed him.
Was this man a monster?
In following months random dogs wandering about at nite became a thing of the past. Killing a boy was what it took??
JGroth
