Pit Bull Pack Attacks Herd Of Sheep

Reported by: Roosevelt Leftwich
Last Update: 12/24 9:32 am

They really can't defend themselves.

Nine sheep and goats were in a fenced off pen Monday....when authorities say five dogs, at least three of them large pit bulls jumped a fence and attacked.

They never stood a chance.

Armando Infante who works at the farm didn't know the dogs were in the pen when he came out to feed the chickens.

‘I came out here to get some chicken feed and that's when one o the dogs came and hit that door right there good thing there's a door there he would have got me....was he parking was he growling...he actually growled and hit the door.' Infante says.

Infante says he grabbed a hoe and tried to go after what he thought was just one dog.

When he went to the fence he saw five dogs ripping though the herd.

Three animals were dead, their blood staining the snow....two others were ripped apart and still alive.

They were later euthanized.

Infante called authorities who couldn't stop the dogs.

'They were unable to go into the area where the dogs were because of the aggressive violent nature that these animals were acting in and at that point the officers fearing for their safety as well as the safety of the other animals there discharged the weapon and put these animals down.' Anne Arundel County Police Spokesman Justin Mculhey told ABC 2 News.

Anne Arundel county animal control says they're going to go through the area today to see if they can find the remaining two dogs, to find out if they're strays or if they belong to someone.

The herd's owner, Deborah Campbell says she's heartbroken by this.

One of the animals was pregnant...and the friendly herd now just huddles in the center of the field.

‘They seem very stressed they're very stressed the one older sheep that was the companion of the one that was pregnant she doesn’t want to eat she doesn't want to do anything they don't want to come up to us like they did they seem very upset." Campbell says.

The owner of at least three of the dogs has been identified as 51 year old Richard Watts....who lives about a half a mile away.

He's facing six civil citations for failing to control his dogs and for allowing them to become a public safety threat.

From: http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Pit-Bull-Pack-Attacks-Herd-Of-Sheep-Five-Die-Dogs/jNX-eNUAB0ip-0T5_ak1Jw.cspx