AR-News: (US MI) St. Bernards put down after attacking Macomb County llamas, steer

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Detroit Free Press 
June 17, 2004, 3:50 AM 
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Two St. Bernards who gained notoriety in 
northern Macomb County for killing two llamas, a pig, and a 600-pound steer -- 
are dead. 
Susan Jeroue, the Macomb County Animal Shelter's chief animal control 
officer, said the dogs ravaged animals in nearby farms in a series of attacks that 
began Oct. 29, 2003, and stretched until April 8. 
The dogs, Beethoven and Cujo, attacked with such ferocity, that Jeroue asked 
the courts to use a 1919 livestock protection law to put them down, the 
Detroit Free Press reported in a Thursday story. 
But Walter Smith, the dogs' owner, said he lost two great companions. If they 
were killers -- which he said he doubts -- they must have been leading double 
lives. 
"I've got a 2-year-old granddaughter, and she used to climb all over them and 
pull their ears," Smith said. "They never once snapped at her."


full story:
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw99664_20040617.htm 




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