A Valencia County rancher who lost 15 head of cattle to wild dogs has shot and killed 21 of the wild-running animals but says he's quickly becoming outnumbered. Rancher Peter Córdova said he has lost 11 calves and four full grown cows over the course of 11 days. All had their necks punctured although in one sad case a small calf was left alive with both earns gnawed off. The dogs are pit bulls and Rottweilers, according to Córdova who said none of the dogs are eating the meat. "They are just killing to kill," he told KRQE News 13. The dogs roam along and in packs as large as nine, he added. Córdova said he believes the dogs could be dogs trained to fight and coming from nearby El Cerro Mission and Meadow Lake. "What I understand they fight them and when lose a fight they don't want to kill them so they just turn them loose," Córdova said...KRQE-TV
Here's a video of the TV report. You'll see the damage these dogs can do:
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