Batilly. Four goats slaughtered by a stray dog

At the end of the morning of March 4, the emotion is still perceptible in the voice of this inhabitant of Batilly, Beau Sejour district. “My partner heard our goats howling around 5:30 or 6:00 am. He immediately went to see. Sometimes they do that when they are sick… ”

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Agonizing discoveries

But this time, arrived in front of the enclosure located about thirty meters behind the house of the couple, it is the shock. The four beasts are dying. They all have serious throat sores.

The perpetrator of the attack is still there. The owner has just enough time to spot a dog, before the latter disappears into the wild.

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The SPA launches an appeal

To the Conflans police officers he alerted, the Batillois claims to have recognized the animal that attacked his beasts. “This is the stray husky that is regularly reported on social media,” laments the spouse.

The animal, a malamute cross, is not unknown to the SPA – refuge in Thionville. It has been several weeks since he escaped the property of the family who had adopted him. Following the events in Batilly, the association launched an appeal on the networks to locate and capture the dog.

As for the goats that had shared the couple’s life for five years, none could be saved. Two died quickly from their injuries, the other two had to be euthanized.

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