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02-23-2005, 04:40 PM
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Dogs harass area elk
By the Standard Staff - 02/23/2005
In the wake of reports that a dog pack killed a prize foal south of Butte comes a second complaint about dogs causing troubles west of town.
Four dogs reportedly traumatized a herd of about 250 elk outside Durant Canyon last week. They also injured a rancher's cow.
Tony Schoonen of Ramsay watched them through a spotting scope from his home.
"When they're in a real tight knot you know darn well there's something chasing them," Schoonen said. "That was really criminal the way those dogs were running those poor elk around. They'll be calving in about two months." Schoonen said the dogs kept at it for at least two and a half hours on Thursday morning. He and three others filed witness complaints with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
"I thought they were wolves at first," Schoonen said, later adding, "I never did see if they ever got one. I was a little bit too far way." He said he's never seen anything like that before and hopes to never again. "That herd is a public resource and we've got to protect it." Jack Erickson, who has a ranch near Silver Bow, said the dogs were back at it Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, too, and they also bothered his cows.
"They crippled a cow, these same bunch of dogs," Erickson said. "At the price of beef right now a cow's worth $1,000. I might not get $400 for her." The injured cow is bred, and he's hoping her calf will be all right.
"The next time it happens, I'm going to just shoot the dog," Erickson said. "That's what we have to do." FWP game warden Regan Dean said the department is investigating.
"We're still trying to figure out who the dogs belong to," Dean said, adding that once they find out, the owners could face either a warning or a fine.
— Roberta Forsell Stauffer, The Montana Standard
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hopefully the cow will be alright and able to have her baby and they find the owner of the dogs, poor elk and cow:(
Dogs harass area elk
By the Standard Staff - 02/23/2005
In the wake of reports that a dog pack killed a prize foal south of Butte comes a second complaint about dogs causing troubles west of town.
Four dogs reportedly traumatized a herd of about 250 elk outside Durant Canyon last week. They also injured a rancher's cow.
Tony Schoonen of Ramsay watched them through a spotting scope from his home.
"When they're in a real tight knot you know darn well there's something chasing them," Schoonen said. "That was really criminal the way those dogs were running those poor elk around. They'll be calving in about two months." Schoonen said the dogs kept at it for at least two and a half hours on Thursday morning. He and three others filed witness complaints with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
"I thought they were wolves at first," Schoonen said, later adding, "I never did see if they ever got one. I was a little bit too far way." He said he's never seen anything like that before and hopes to never again. "That herd is a public resource and we've got to protect it." Jack Erickson, who has a ranch near Silver Bow, said the dogs were back at it Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, too, and they also bothered his cows.
"They crippled a cow, these same bunch of dogs," Erickson said. "At the price of beef right now a cow's worth $1,000. I might not get $400 for her." The injured cow is bred, and he's hoping her calf will be all right.
"The next time it happens, I'm going to just shoot the dog," Erickson said. "That's what we have to do." FWP game warden Regan Dean said the department is investigating.
"We're still trying to figure out who the dogs belong to," Dean said, adding that once they find out, the owners could face either a warning or a fine.
— Roberta Forsell Stauffer, The Montana Standard
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hopefully the cow will be alright and able to have her baby and they find the owner of the dogs, poor elk and cow:(